frilling

American  

[fril-ing] / ˈfrɪl ɪŋ /

noun

1. frilled edging.

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Etymology

Origin of frilling

First recorded in 1805–15; frill + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Blistering, staining and frilling will result in such a case, and I have known a print which was left in a warm fixing bath for an hour or more to be reduced beyond redemption.

From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by Tennant, John A.

I feel a strong desire to buy some village frilling.

From The Green Carnation by Hichens, Robert Smythe

“Her best gown’ll look meaner, if all the lace be hung with cobwebs, and all the frilling lined with apple-parings,” said Temperance.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

As she ripped at this with a pair of scissors, I noticed there was a deep frilling to it.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

Elmira had not had a new summer ribbon for three years, and now, in addition, she had purchased some rosebuds, and arranged them in little clusters in a frilling of lace inside the brim.

From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins