English

Noun

furbelow ‎(plural furbelows)

1. A ruffle, frill or flounce on clothing.
2. A decorative piece of fabric, usually gathered or pleated.
3. A small, showy ornamentation.
   • 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 4, in The Subtle Minotaur:

     The band played ceaselessly. Even when the other instruments were resting the pianist kept up his monotonous vamping, with a dreary furbelow for embellishment here and there, to which some few of the dancers continued to shuffle round the floor.

Translations

Verb

furbelow ‎(third-person singular simple present furbelows, present participle furbelowing, simple past and past participle furbelowed)

1. (transitive) To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.

Related terms

• befurbelowed