Definition for RUF'FLE

RUF'FLE, n.1

  1. A strip of plaited cambric or other fine cloth attached to some border of a garment, as to the wristband or bosom. That at the bosom is sometimes called by the English, a frill.
  2. Disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind or temper in a ruffle.

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