furbelow noun, adjective, & verb. ['fǝ:bɪlǝʊ] L17.
[Alt. of FALBALA.]
A. noun.
1. A gathered or pleated strip or border on a skirt or petticoat; a flounce, a ruffle; (in pl., derog.) showy ornamentation or trimming on a garment (usu. a woman's). L17.
■ L. M. Montgomery Those dresses are good, sensible, serviceable dresses, without any frills or furbelows about them.

2. In pl. (treated as sing.). A seaweed, Saccorhiza polyschides, with large frilly fronds divided into ribbons at the ends. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Having or suggestive of a furbelow or furbelows. L17.
C. verb trans. Ornament with (something resembling) a furbelow or furbelows. Chiefly as furbelowed ppl adjective. E18.
■ A. Uttley Cold chickens and galantines, all white-frilled and furbelowed.

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