English
Etymology
From OF. porfiler, from L. pro- + filum �thread�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p��f�l/

Noun
en-noun

1. An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.

Verb
en-verb|purfl|ing

1. transitive To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a border; to border.

#*1590: Purfled with gold of rich assay. � Spenser, The Faerie Queene
#*1885: there stood before him an honourable woman in a mantilla of Mosul silk, broidered with gold and bordered with brocade; her walking shoes were also purfled with gold and her hair floated in long plaits. � Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1

Related terms
purl

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