Meaning of Ruffle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
2. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
3. A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
4. The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

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Examples

“She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.”

“His dress was splendid; his hands glittered with rings, his snuff-box was covered with diamonds, and his ruffles were of the finest Mechlin lace.”

“Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.”

“to put the mind in a ruffle”

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