ruff
noun/rʌf/
/rʌf/
- a ring of coloured or marked feathers or fur around the neck of a bird or an animalTopics Birdsc2
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- a wide stiff white collar with many folds in it, worn especially in the 16th and 17th centuries
Word Originearly 16th cent. (first used denoting a frill around a sleeve): probably from a variant of rough.
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