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furbelow

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fur⋅be⋅low

  [fur-buh-loh]
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–noun
1. a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
2. any bit of showy trimming or finery.
–verb (used with object)
3. to ornament with or as if with furbelows.
Origin:
1670–80; var. of falbala
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fur·be·low   (fûr'bə-lō')   
n.  

  1. A ruffle or flounce on a garment.

  2. A piece of showy ornamentation.

tr.v.   fur·be·lowed, fur·be·low·ing, fur·be·lows
To decorate with a ruffle or flounce.

[Probably alteration of Provençal farbello, farbella, fringe, perhaps alteration of Italian faldella, pleat, diminutive of falda, flap, loose end, of Germanic origin; see pel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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