Underfringe

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.

    "But at the point of noon the huge Earl Doorm, / Broad-faced, with under-fringe of russet beard, / Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey, / Came riding with a hundred lances up; […]"

Example

More examples

"But at the point of noon the huge Earl Doorm, / Broad-faced, with under-fringe of russet beard, / Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey, / Came riding with a hundred lances up; […]"

Etymology

From under- + fringe.

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