Definition of frail

• n. - A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
• n. - The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
• n. - A rush for weaving baskets.
• superl - Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
• superl - Tender.
• superl - Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.