fringe Copy link Outline 1. fimbriae, arum2. cirrus (lit. a curl3. limbus (poet.) • fringe: 1. fimbriae, arum: the border of a cloak (is called) f., in sagis extrema, fimbriae, Varr. 5, 12, 79. Fig.: f.s of curls, cincinnorum f., Cic. in Pis. 11, 25. 2. cirrus (lit. a curl: hence any thing similar): a tunic with hanging f., tunica c. dependentibus, Phaedr. 2, 5, 13. 3. limbus (poet.): a golden f. (or border) surrounded the cloak, chlamydem l. obibat aureus, Ov. Met. 5, 51: Virg.