"frilling" meaning in English

See frilling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: frillings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frilling (plural frillings)
  1. A frilled ornamentation on clothing.
    Sense id: en-frilling-en-noun-oFwIW5FT

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} frilling
  1. present participle and gerund of frill Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: frill
    Sense id: en-frilling-en-verb-ZfNZpjSo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78

Inflected forms

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