fringe

There, on the fringes of the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, hundreds of workers are building two new power generation units to supply more electricity to the 2 million–plus residents of Hohhot, the regional capital.

Never was flower more exquisite in texture and fringing—never one more graceful in habit.

About the clearing in the fringing woods were fifty rickety structures lifted on poles.

But here necessity is turned to advantage, as this unevenness or fringing softens lines278 that otherwise would be harsh.

Now such a structure as this is what is termed a "fringing reef."

There are three kinds of coral reef—namely, fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls.