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Definition of Purfle
1. v. t. To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white.
2. n. A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.
Definition of Purfle
1. Noun. An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purfle
1. to decorate the border of [v -FLED, -FLING, -FLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purfle
Literary usage of Purfle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"Being a nephew of Mm. purfle, he puts up at her house. " Most exhilarating were
the preparations. The village ball-room was to be the scene of the grand ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1862)
"Fl. purfle, Purl. Ornamental work about the edge of a garment. ... E. purl (contracted
of purfle], a kind of edging for bone lace.—B. Sc. pearling, lace. ..."
3. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1846)
"She was the niece and protegee of Mrs purfle, a lady possessing a small competency ;
so the ... Being a nephew of Mr» purfle, he puts up at her house. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. skirt, verge (rare), rim, fringe, line (contextual), bound, neighbor. dado.
border, vt adjoin (contextual), neighbor, ». edge; spec, purl, cotise, purfle ..."
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