frail
Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
Weak; infirm.
(medical) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
Mentally fragile.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
(dated, slang) A girl.
There were five people in the Quirinal bar after dinner, a high-class Italian frail who sat on a stool making persistent conversation against the bartender's bored: “Si … Si … Si,” a light, snobbish Egyptian who was lonely but chary of the woman, and the two Americans.
To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
A rush for weaving baskets.
(old unit of weight).
(obsolete) (flail).