A small frill or decorative edging that runs along the lower edge of a garment or piece of fabric.
Foot + frill, where frill comes from the Dutch 'frille' (a ruffle). This is a dressmaking term that emerged in the 19th century.
Victorian fashion designers used footrills to add elegance to skirts and petticoats, creating the cascading layers you see in old photographs—it was all about using fabric to show wealth and taste.
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