PREFERRED TERM
Fringe
DEFINITION
- n. From the Middle English "frenge" and the Old French "frenge". It determines an ornamental bordering, that is, pendant cords, either loose threads or formed into tassels, twists, etc.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
- fringing
- picot
- purl
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989; [www.oed.com]; Tortora, Phyllis, y Ingrid Johnson. The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 2015
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Frange
French
Frangia
Italian
cerro
fimbria
frappa
Fleco
Spanish
flueco
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/217
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