noun a rush for weaving baskets.
2. frail ·superl tender.
3. frail ·noun a basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
4. frail ·noun the quantity of raisins about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, contained in a frail.
5. frail ·superl easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
6. frail ·superl liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste;
often applied to fallen women.