Meaning of frislet | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of small ruffle.

Examples

“Wimples, colfs, cascanets, carkenels, fusles, frislets, palisadoes, who cares about them any more?”

“In this medley of things we shall see purles, falles, […] parlets, frislets, fillets, […] and whalebone wheels—Eve!”

“For it is shame enough to 've thought to make A frislet of their own shake like the locks Of cloud-hared Zeus.”

“such stir with sticks and combs […] partlets, frislets, bandlets, […] and so many lets, that yet she is scarce drest to the girdle.”

“Unfamiliar words abound, including many intriguing professional roles --ippers, woadmongers, cordwainers--and objects--perukes, frislets (small ruffles) and spangles.”

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