Meaning of frillwork | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A row or rows of frills.
   uncountable
2. Ornamentation on a building or other structure resembling a row of frills.
   uncountable

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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 […]”

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