frislet
frislet noun: a kind of small ruffle.
Noun
frislet (plural frislets)
- A kind of small ruffle.
- Wimples, colfs, cascanets, carkenels, fusles, frislets, palisadoes, who cares about them any more?1907 March 2, “Old Clo'”, in Living Age Company (Seventh; XXXIV), volume CCLII, number 3269, page 574
- In this medley of things we shall see purles, falles, […] parlets, frislets, fillets, […] and whalebone wheels—Eve!1907, Dion Clayton Calthrop, English Costume Painted and Described by Dion Clayton Calthrop, Adam and Charles Black, page 340
Examples of frislet in a sentence
- such stir with sticks and combs […] partlets, frislets, bandlets, […] and so many lets, that yet she is scarce drest to the girdle.1968, Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (17th viscount), quoting Thomas Tomkis, edited by Harold Arthur...
- Unfamiliar words abound, including many intriguing professional roles --ippers, woadmongers, cordwainers--and objects--perukes, frislets (small ruffles) and spangles.2012 May 11, Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, “Woadmongers and frislets.”, in TLS. Times Literary Supplement, number 5693, London, England: NI...
Forms of frislet
| plural | frislets |
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Questions about frislet
- What does frislet mean?
- Frislet means a kind of small ruffle.
- How do you use frislet in a sentence?
- such stir with sticks and combs […] partlets, frislets, bandlets, […] and so many lets, that yet she is scarce drest to the girdle.
- What part of speech is frislet?
- Frislet is a noun.
- What is the plural of frislet?
- The plural of frislet is frislets.
Words near frislet in the dictionary
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