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Definition of Purfled
1. a. Ornamented; decorated; esp., embroidered on the edges.
Definition of Purfled
1. Verb. (past of purfle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purfled
1. purfle [v] - See also: purfle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purfled
Literary usage of Purfled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"These tabernacles terminate in ornamented pediments, with a bouquet on the top;
and the pillars that supported them are also purfled in two stories. ..."
2. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"... for heat of scorching aire, All in a silken Camus lily white, purfled upon
with many a folded plight, Which all above ..."
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