fringe
noun
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
fringelike
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a word derived from
fringe.
Example Sentences
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A smallish, dark-skinned man with gentle eyes and a fringelike beard, he led his Riff tribesmen in the last romantic war of this century.
From Time Magazine Archive
His brother James is traditionally shown as a young man; he has thick brown hair, receding slightly at two points, and a short, fringelike beard, much like Christ's.
From Time Magazine Archive
They seemed particularly partial to a low pale-green-foliaged tree with fringelike leaves, something like fennel or asparagus.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Ernest Giles
His glasses traveled to and fro, sweeping the fringelike fan of the attackers, still five or six miles away.
From The Flying Legion by George Allan England
Our sugar maple is less striking and beautiful in the bud, but the flowers are more graceful and fringelike.
From A Year in the Fields by John Burroughs
