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fur-piece | furacious | furacity | furan | furane | furbelow | furbish | furbish up | furbishable | furbished | furbisher

furbelow

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
 : 
fur=be=low

CIDE DICTIONARY

furbelown. [Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It. falbalà.].
     A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.  [1913 Webster]
furbelowv. t. 
     To put a furbelow on; to ornament.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

furbelow, n. & v.
--n.
1 a gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat.
2 (in pl.) derog. showy ornaments.
--v.tr. adorn with a furbelow or furbelows.

Etymology
18th-c. var. of falbala flounce, trimming

THESAURUS

furbelow

beading, binding, bordering, bordure, edging, fimbria, fimbriation, flounce, frill, frilling, fringe, galloon, hem, list, motif, ruffle, selvage, skirting, trimming, valance, welt

ROGET THESAURUS

furbelow

Edge

N edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated.


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