flounce

IPA(Pronunciation)

/flaʊns/

Noun

(sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.ᵂ / The act of flouncing. / A row of spines, corrugations, or skin folds on the hemipenis of a snake.

Japanese Meaning

装飾用の帯状の布（通常はプリーツ加工され、一方の端に取り付けられているフリル） / （行動の様子として）慌てふためく、または気取った様子の動作 / 蛇のヘミペニスに見られる、棘や溝、皮膚のひだの列

What is this buttons?

The wedding dress became more romantic after the seamstress attached a lace flounce around the hem.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

仕立て屋が裾にレースのフリルをつけると、ウェディングドレスはよりロマンチックになった。

Details

Sense（1）

(sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.ᵂ

Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

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