chitterling

English

Etymology

When ironed out, the frill resembled the small entrails, or chitterlings.

Noun

chitterling (plural chitterlings)

1. (obsolete) The frill to the breast of a shirt.
   • a. 1621, John Harland, Shuttleworth Family, The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the County of Lancaster, at Smithils and Gawthorpe: From September 1582 to October 1621:

     And some wear lattice caps with three horns, three corners I should say, like the forked caps of popish priests, with their periwinkles, chitterlings, and the like apish toys of infinite variety

2. A single piece of chitterlings (intestine used as food).

References

• “chitterling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.