underfringe

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ fringe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

underfringe (plural underfringes)

1. A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.
   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 74:

     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; […]