Holmes pushed back the frill of black lace which fringed the hand that lay upon our visitor's knee. Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon the white wrist.
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Frill
//fɹɪl//
Synonyms for "frill" (161 found)
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Translations
42 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- волан noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- набор noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- надиплям verb (to make into a frill)
Czech
4 entries- kanýr noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- nabírání noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- volánek noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- zřasení noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Finnish
4 entries- hienous noun (luxury)
- kauluri noun (zoology)
- kaulus noun (zoology)
- kihara noun (wrinkled edge)
French
4 entries- collerette noun (zoology)
- froufrou noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- ruche noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- volant noun (pleated material used as decoration)
German
2 entries- Krause noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- Rüsche noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Hungarian
1 entries- fodor noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Italian
4 entries- arricciamento noun (wrinkled edge)
- balza noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- fronzolo noun (luxury)
- gala noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Japanese
1 entries- フリル noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Māori
2 entries- pōtete noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- pōtētete noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Polish
3 entries- falbana noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- falbanka noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- kryza noun (zoology)
Portuguese
2 entries- babado noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- folho noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Russian
3 entries- жабо́ noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- обо́рка noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- ро́скошь noun (luxury)
Spanish
2 entries- perifollo noun (luxury)
- volante noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Swedish
2 entries- rynk noun (pleated material used as decoration)
- volang noun (pleated material used as decoration)
Sample sentences
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1777, Samuel Jackson Pratt (as Courtney Melmoth), Liberal Opinions, upon Animals, Man, and Providence, London: G. Robinson and J. Bew, Volume 5, Chapter 114, p. 163, […] one of her husband Jeffery’s shirts (with frills to the bosom) […]
Source: wiktionary
His face had fallen in, and was unshorn; his frill and neckcloth hung limp under his bagging waistcoat.
Source: wiktionary
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
Source: wiktionary
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