frails
Rush fruit baskets
Frails is the plural of frail, a flexible basket woven from rushes or similar material, traditionally used for packing figs, raisins, or other dried fruits.
The quantity such a basket holds—typically around seventy-five pounds—is also called a frail.
Two frails of figs arrived from the Mediterranean.
wicker
Pliant twig for weaving
splint · weave · hamper · pannier · trug · creel · rush · picking · harvesting · market
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
vulnerable · enfeebled · debilitated · weakened · unsteady · shaky · tenuous · flimsy · decayed · mortal
frailscrates
Sturdy shipping containers
boxes · strongboxes · safes · wooden crates · casks
- human frailtySusceptibility of mortal beings
- old and frail