frilling

English

Verb

frilling

present participle and gerund of frill

Noun

frilling (plural frillings)

A frilled ornamentation on clothing.
- 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
  So she sat, corpselike, as we played at cards; the frillings and trimmings on her bridal dress, looking like earthy paper.

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