Definition of purfle Purfle
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We found 7 definitions of purfle from 3 different sources.
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What does purfle mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- purfle (v. t.)
To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white. - purfle (v. t.)
To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings. - purfle (n.)
Alt. of Purflew
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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purfle
pur′fl, v.t. to decorate with a wrought or flowered border: (archit.) to decorate with rich sculpture: (her.) to ornament with a border of ermines, furs, &c.—ns. Pur′fle, Pur′flew, a border of embroidery: (her.) a bordure of ermines, furs, &c.; Pur′fling.—adj. Pur′fly (Carlyle), wrinkled. [O. Fr. pourfiler—L. pro, before, filum, a thread.]
