underfringe

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noun

A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.

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Meanings

noununderfringe (plural underfringes)

plural underfringes

  1. A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.

    But at the point of noon the huge Earl Doorm, / Broad-faced, with under-fringe of russet beard, / Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey, / Came riding with a hundred lances up; […]

    1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 74

Origin

From under- + fringe.

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APA

underfringe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfringe

MLA

“underfringe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfringe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underfringe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfringe.

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