Ruff
11ruff — [ rʌf ] noun count 1. ) the fur or feathers that grow around the neck of an animal or bird 2. ) a large collar with upright folds that people wore in the 16th and 17th centuries …
12ruff — (n.) kind of large collar, stiffly starched, especially common in the seventeenth century, 1520s, originally in reference to sleeves (of collars, from 1550s), probably a shortened form of RUFFLE (Cf. ruffle). Card playing sense is a separate word …
13ruff — ruff1 rufflike, adj. /ruf/, n. 1. a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. 2. something resembling such a piece in form or position. 3. a collar, or… …
14Ruff — Taxobox name = Ruff status = LC status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Scolopacidae genus = Philomachus genus authority = Moehring, 1758 species = P. pugnax binomial =… …
15Ruff — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Personnalités Herbert Ruff (1918 1985) est un compositeur, chef d orchestre et pianiste d origine polonaise ; Lindy Ruff (1960 ) est un joueur et un… …
16ruff — ruff1 noun 1》 a projecting starched frill worn round the neck, characteristic of Elizabethan and Jacobean costume. 2》 a projecting or conspicuously coloured ring of feathers or hair round the neck of a bird or mammal. 3》 a pigeon of a domestic… …
17Ruff — This name is of English topographic origin for one dwelling on or by a patch of rough uncultivated ground. The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century ruh meaning rough . The surname from this source is first recorded in 1332, John ate …
18ruff — [[t]rʌ̱f[/t]] ruffs 1) N COUNT A ruff is a stiff strip of cloth or other material with many small folds in it, which some people wore round their neck in former times. ...an Elizabethan ruff. 2) N COUNT A ruff is a thick band of feathers or fur… …
19ruff — I [[t]rʌf[/t]] n. 1) clo a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries 2) a collar, or set of lengthened or specially marked hairs or feathers, on the neck of an… …
20ruff — UK [rʌf] / US noun [countable] Word forms ruff : singular ruff plural ruffs 1) the fur or feathers that grow around the neck of an animal or bird 2) a large collar with upright folds that people wore in the 16th and 17th centuries …
