A border, esp. when wrought or decorated; the embroidered border or edge, or fur trimming, of a garment. Also figurative. Now archaic or historical.

That which is placed on the border of a garment, etc.; = edging, n.

A narrow strip of material put on the edge of a garment, etc., as a border, binding, or hem; a frill, fringe, or trimming.

The action of furnishing with a welt. The edging, binding, or ornamenting (a garment) with a welt or welts; chiefly concrete, an edging, a border…

A decorative hole or eyelet punched in a garment. Cf. pinking, n.1 1b.

An ornamental border or trimming on a garment. Obsolete exc. Historical or archaic.

A decorative edging of cut work or vandyking, esp. on a collar, sleeve, or ruff; (in plural) the pieces of fabric which together make up such an…

A thin crape or gauze material, formerly worn when in mourning; a border of this. Obsolete.

concrete. A trimming on a seam.

transferred. A name for jagged edges of women's dresses and caps in the 18th cent.

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