fringe
noun
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
had fringed
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past perfectof fringe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The group sat in a semicircle, in armchairs that had fringed slip covers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2022
The canopy of shade trees that had fringed the path was gone.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2014
It did not matter if there was wind or not; the white band of surf had fringed the coast since the world was young.
From Wyndham's Pal by Harold Bindloss
Harry and Jerry Curtis had clothes similar to those they had bought for Tom, while the Indians wore over their shirts new deer-skin embroidered hunting-shirts, and had fringed Mexican leggings instead of breeches and boots.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
He had fringed both its margins with breastworks of stakes, and had strengthened the whole body of the dyke with timber work and piles.
From By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
