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underfringe

underfringe noun: a lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.

Noun

underfringe (plural underfringes)

  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; […]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 74

Forms of underfringe

pluralunderfringes

Origin of underfringe

From under- + fringe.

Questions about underfringe

What does underfringe mean?
Underfringe means a lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.
What part of speech is underfringe?
Underfringe is a noun.
What is the plural of underfringe?
The plural of underfringe is underfringes.

Words near underfringe in the dictionary

  1. underfreighted
  2. underfreighting
  3. underfreights
  4. underfrequency
  5. underfriction
  6. underfringe
  7. underfringes
  8. underfrock
  9. underfrocks
  10. underfucked
  11. underfulfil

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