Frillwork
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Frillwork is a noun meaning A row or rows of frills.
Meaning
A row or rows of frills.
More Meanings
- (architecture) Ornamentation on a building or other structure resembling a row of frills.
Example Sentences
Never did chisel define ermine so delicately as on this marble; and the lace scarf and frill-work is like lace itself.
[…] as time stole on, many little packets of absurdly small white garments with frill work and ribbons began to arrive among the big consignments of male necessities.
The massive surrounding walls, built so as to take advantage of natural rock formations, now towered above us, and the spiky frillwork along the top suggested that at one time it had been a Turkish fortress […]
1877, E. C. Hussey, Home Building, New York: Leader & Van Hoesen, Plate No. 14, Its exterior form and ornamentation is of the Swiss style, although the stories are higher than are generally used in Swiss buildings. The almost excessive frill work gives it a very pretty, although a rather tawdry appearance.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include friller, ruffle, filigrain, flutework, ruche, fluting.
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