Furbelow

Definition: Furbelow

Furbelow

Noun

1. A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim.

Date "furbelow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Etymology: Furbelow \Fur"be*low\, noun. [Prov. French farbala, equiv. to French falbala, Italian falbal[`a].]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Literature	Furbelow A corruption of falbala, a word in French, Italian, and Spanish to signify a sort of flounce. "Flounced and furbelowed from head to foot." - Addison. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Furbelow

Synonyms: flounce (n), frill (n), ruffle (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Edge	Frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Furbelow

English words defined with "furbelow": Furhelow. (references)

Specialty definitions using "furbelow": QUIM. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Every possible furbelow blossomed out splendidly about her.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "furbelow": sea furbelow. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "furbelow"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		fruda (frill, froufrou, ruffle, valance). (various references)

Bulgarian		волан (flounce, frill, ruffle, skirt, steering wheel, wheel), набор (class, composition, draft, draught, frill, gathers, intake, matter, pucker, quilling, ruck, ruffle, shirr, skirt, typesetting). (various references)

Czech		vyzdobit (beautify, deck, decorate, perk, prank, wreathe). (various references)

German		faltenbesatz (smocking), falbel (dun). (various references)

Greek		κράσπεδο (causeway, curb, edging, flounce, fringe, hem, skirt, wayside, welt), φραμπαλάσ. (various references)

Hungarian		pliszéfodor, neptunfű, cicoma (accoutrement, accoutrements, finery, frippery, furbelows, gaud, get-up). (various references)

Italian		balzana (sock). (various references)

Pig Latin		urbelowfay

Portuguese		variedade de alga, ornamentos vistosos, enfeites aparatosos. (various references)

Romanian		zorzoane (frill, frippery, gewgaws), volan (flounce, flyer, frill, wheel). (various references)

Russian		оборка (flounce, frill). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nabran porub (quilling). (various references)

Spanish		tejón (badger). (various references)

Swedish		volang (flounce), garnering (dressing, garnish, garniture, topping, trimming). (various references)

Turkish		farbala (flounce, flute, frill, ruffle), fırfır (fall, flounce, frill, ruffle). (various references)

Ukrainian		оборка (flounce, frill, ruffle). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "furbelow": furbelowed, furbelowing, furbelows. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Furbelow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Curbelo, farbelow, Farberow. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "furbelow" (pronounced 'Fur"be*low'): Aflow, After-glow, Aglow, Alow, Alpenglow, Ballow, Bedfellow, Bungalow, By-blow, Coachfellow, Collow, Crossflow, Deathblow, Deflow, Embillow, Foreflow, Gallow, hail-fellow, Hallow, high-low, inflow, Overmellow, Peachblow, Pewfellow, Playfellow, Puefellow, Rebellow, Safflow, schoolfellow, Summer-fallow, Sunglow, Twifallow, Underfellow, Underfollow, Unfellow, Unhallow, Upflow, Vow-fellow, Whiteblow, Whitlow, Workfellow, Yokefellow. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-f-l-o-r-u-w"
	-2 letters: befoul, blower, bowler, flower, fouler, fowler, reflow, rouble, woeful, wolfer.
	-3 letters: below, bluer, boule, bowel, bower, elbow, flour, fluor, lower, roble, rowel, ruble, woful.
	-4 letters: blew, blow, blue, blur, bole, bore, bowl, brew, brow, burl, euro, flew, floe, flow, flub, flue, forb, fore, foul, four, fowl, froe, frow, fuel, furl, lobe, lore, lour.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-f-l-o-r-u-w"
	+1 letter: furbelows.
	+2 letters: furbelowed.
	+3 letters: furbelowing.
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