frill
noun
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
Example Sentences
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It also has the advantage of looking more like romaine lettuce, and with its larger size and greater frilliness, it does a better job, as Reiner puts it, of “filling up the plate.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
And as far as PBS goes, it’s a welcome slap to the prolonged frilliness and silliness of “Downton Abbey,” crime-solving vicars and all that.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2015
The collection, inspired by the paintings of François Boucher, melds into the background of the Boudoir de l’Impératrice, which has all the light frilliness that the designer captured in her homage to 18th-century art.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2011
Alice found a whole bag of what were women's things judging from the frilliness of the garments included.
From The Night of the Long Knives by Virgil Finlay
