Friller

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person or machine that decorates garments or fabric by gathering or pleating material into ruffled edging
2. Someone or something that produces ornamental ruffles, usually by sewing or pleating strips of cloth into decorative trim
3. A worker or device that creates the gathered, ruffled borders known as frills on clothing and other textiles

Etymology: "Friller" is a plain formation: the noun "frill," a gathered or pleated strip of cloth used as trimming, with the agent suffix "-er" added to name the person who makes such ruffles. Its meaning follows directly from that construction, so the word carries no hidden twist, and the most useful thing to know is how the suffix works. "-er" attached to a verb or noun names someone who performs an action or works with a thing, as in "baker" or "hatter," and here it turns the trimming into a tradesperson's title.