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furbelow noun [ ˈfəːbɪləʊ ]

• a gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat.

furbelow verb

• adorn with trimmings.
• "trains of daughters, furbelowed and flounced by the same dressmakers"
Origin: late 17th century: from French falbala ‘trimming, flounce’, of unknown ultimate origin.


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