furbelows
Meaning of furbelows
plural noun
a gathered strip or pleated border of a skirt or petticoat.
verb, 3rd person present- adorn with trimmings.
trains of daughters, furbelowed and flounced by the same dressmakers
late 17th century: from French falbala ‘trimming, flounce’, of unknown ultimate origin.
Information about furbelows
- The singular form of furbelows is: furbelow.
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Hyphenation of furbelows
furbe-lows
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- furbelows is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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