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A ruff is a ruffled piece of fabric worn around the collar - those "frilly collar things" from the Renaissance. Sometimes a part of an ornate medieval or renaissance style dress worn by nobility or royalty.
Ruffs are also often worn by, and strongly associated with clowns, jesters, and the circus.

Not To Be Confused With:

• Ruff - describing a ring of fur or feathers growing around the neck

See Also:

• cone_of_shame - for those neck cones animals in real life sometimes wear after coming home from the veterinarian's office.