Furbelow

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  • noun. A ruffle or flounce on a garment.
  • noun. A piece of showy ornamentation.
  • transitive verb. To decorate with a ruffle or flounce.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To furnish or ornament with furbelows or elaborate embellishments.
  • noun. A piece of stuff plaited and puckered on a gown or petticoat; a plaited or puffed flounce; the plaited border of a petticoat or skirt.
  • noun. Hence An elaborate adornment of any kind.
  • noun. The Laminaria bulbosa, a species of seaweed having a large wrinkled frond, found on the coasts of England.
  • noun. Some part or process like a fringe or flounce.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
  • noun. A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A ruffle, frill or flounce on clothing.
  • noun. A decorative piece of fabric, usually gathered or pleated.
  • noun. A small, showy ornamentation.
  • verb. To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
  • Word Usage
    "There wasn't a single frill, flower or furbelow in her house, and he suspected her mind was just as streamlined."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    adornment  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    gauffer  goffer  jabot  peplum  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    corselet  crinoline  her  kirtle  pinny  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form