The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ruffle of a boot
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See Ruffle, v. t. & i.]
That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
(Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
--H. L. Scott.-
(Zo["o]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or o["o]thec[ae], of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See O["o]theca.
Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited.
--Halliwell.