unfringed

unfringed

English

Etymology

un- +‎ fringed

Adjective

unfringed (not comparable)

1. having no fringes.
   • 1902, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, page 857:

     The preliminary entry must show the marks and numbers of the shipping packages and the contents of each package, stating the number of rugs of each quality and commercial size contained therein and whether fringed or unfringed.

   • 1944, Peter Henry Buck, Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands, page 433:

     Another old Tahitian poncho of yellow cloth in the British Museum has a slit neck and unfringed edges.

   • 1952, American Numismatic Society, Museum Notes, Volume 5, page 106:

     The date of the transition from the fringed to the unfringed cloak in the small florin can be fixed rather definitely from coins available for study at the American Numismatic Society.

Anagrams

• refunding