FRILL

I. transitive verb Date: 1574 to provide or decorate with a ~, II. noun Etymology: perhaps from Dutch dialect (Brabant) frul ribbon bow, trifle Date: 1591 1. a gathered, pleated, or bias-cut fabric edging used on clothing, a strip of paper curled at one end and rolled to be slipped over the bone end (as of a chop) in serving, a ruff of hair or feathers or a bony or cartilaginous projection about the neck of an animal, 3. affectation , air , something decorative or useful and desirable but not essential ; luxury , ~y adjective