Ruff

French Meaning

fraise

collerette

collier

combattant

pigeon

couper avec un atout

English Meaning

  1. A stiffly starched frilled or pleated circular collar of lace, muslin, or other fine fabric, worn by men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries.
  2. A distinctive collarlike projection around the neck, as of feathers on a bird or of fur on a mammal.
  3. A Eurasian sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax) the male of which has collarlike, erectile feathers around the neck during the breeding season.
  4. The playing of a trump card when one cannot follow suit.
  5. An old game resembling whist.
  6. To trump or play a trump.
  7. A small European freshwater fish (Acerina cernua) related to the perches.
  8. See ruffle2.