What does "befringe" mean?

To furnish or adorn with a fringe.

What is a synonym for "befringe"?

Common synonyms include: adjoin, bind, border, bound, edge, frame.

Befringe

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
"[...] women themselves went in armour, (having a brave lasse like another Penthesilea for their leader, so befringed with gold, that they called her Golden-foot) riding astride like men [...]"

Synonyms

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adjoin bind border bound edge frame

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"[...] women themselves went in armour, (having a brave lasse like another Penthesilea for their leader, so befringed with gold, that they called her Golden-foot) riding astride like men [...]"

Etymology

From be- (“on, at, upon”) + fringe.

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