| 单词 | toby-frill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasToby-frill a. An ornamental edging made of a strip of any woven material, of which one edge is gathered and the other left loose so as to give it a wavy or fluted appearance. Toby-frill, such as appears on the figure of Toby in the frontispiece of Punch.The sense in the first quot. is doubtful; ‘borrowed frills’ suggests rather false curls or the like than what is defined above; cf. frill v.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > bordering or edging > frill frill1591 volant1882 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > other pilgrim1740 shawl1834 neck ribbon1841 waterfall1848 Toby-frill1882 1591 R. Turnbull Expos. Epist. St. Iames f. 95v Their flaunting ruffes..their borowed frilles, and such like vanities. 1801 G. Mason Suppl. to Johnson's Dict. Frill, an edging of fine linen on the bosom of a shirt. 1812 J. Nott in T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. (new ed.) 90 What we now call the frill, or chitterling of the shirt. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning ii. iii What have you been at? You have torn your frill into tatters. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. x. 210 Mopsy and Dopsy, their long limbs sheathed in sea-green velveteen, Toby-frills round their necks. < as lemmas |
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