frill

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
Of origin.

Noun

 * 1) A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
 * 2) * 1777, (as Courtney Melmoth), Liberal Opinions, upon Animals, Man, and Providence, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, Volume5, Chapter114, p.163,
 * one of her husband Jeffery’s shirts (with frills to the bosom)
 * 1)  A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
 * 2)  A wrinkled edge to a film.
 * 3)  Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
 * 4)  The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
 * 1)  A wrinkled edge to a film.
 * 2)  Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
 * 3)  The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
 * 1)  A wrinkled edge to a film.
 * 2)  Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
 * 3)  The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
 * 1)  The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
 * 1)  The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
 * 1)  The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.
 * 1)  The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: набор,
 * Czech: nabírání, kanýr, volánek, zřasení
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: pōtete, pōtētete
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, rynk


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: arricciamento


 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: perifollo


 * Finnish: ,
 * Polish:

Verb

 * 1)  To make into a frill.
 * 2)  To become wrinkled.
 * 3)  To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
 * 4) * 1863,, Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings, Chapter4, in , Volume10, Extra Christmas Number, 3December, 1863, p.35,
 * Mrs. Sandham, formerly Kate Barford, is working at a baby’s frock, and asking now and then the advice of her sister, who is frilling a little cap.
 * Mrs. Sandham, formerly Kate Barford, is working at a baby’s frock, and asking now and then the advice of her sister, who is frilling a little cap.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: röyheltää


 * Finnish:

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk).
 * 2)  To cry (with reference to a bird of prey).
 * 3) * 1688,, The Academy of Armory, Chester: for the author, Book2, Chapter13, “Of the Voices of Birds,” p.310,
 * The Eagle Frilleth, or Scriketh
 * The Hawk, as Falcon, Gawshawk, and all such Birds of Prey, cryeth, peepeth, or frilleth.