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underfringe

noun

Etymology

From under- + fringe.

  1. derived from fimbriae — “fibers, threads, fringe”
  2. derived from *frimbia✻
  3. derived from frenge
  4. inherited from frenge
  5. prefixed as underfringe — “under + fringe”

Definitions

  1. A lower fringe

    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; […]

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