Ruff

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Ruffs were a big part of elizabethan fashion. A ruff is basically a large, circular set of frills worn around the neck.

Rowan Atkinson (as Black Adder) described Percy as looking like "a bird that had swallowed a plate" when he made an appearance in an extra wide ruff.