The process or technique of creating pleats, ruffles, or gathered decorative folds in fabric.
Present participle of frounce; describes the active technique of deliberately gathering and pleating fabric for decoration.
Frouncing was such a major part of historical fashion that different regions and time periods developed completely different styles—there were basically 'dialects' of pleating.
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