Definition of "fringes" []

• Plural form of fringe. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fringe. (verb)

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• "Why we allow ourselves to be manipulated by the lunatic fringes is beyond me."
• "He flung himself on to the furs and the grass, his fingers threading themselves through the buckskin fringes that adorned old Beaver-Tail's leggings."
• "A four-cornered cloth with specially prepared fringes is worn by pious males under the outer garments, but with the fringes showing."