Purfle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpɜːfəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Purfle is a noun meaning An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
Meaning
An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
More Meanings
- (heraldry) An ornamental border, edge, or line of a different tincture or material.
- (transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.
- (heraldry, transitive) To ornament with purfle.
Example Sentences
Crest; a dragon passant proper, wings elevated and purfled gules.
He had a faire companion of his way, / A goodly Lady, clad in ſcarlot red, / Purfled with gold and pearle of rich aſſay, […]
Remembering the exchange now, Dickie smiled that winning southern-boy smile. Then he went glum again. He thumped the purfled sound board.
Cross […] has its extremities ending in a flower of three leaves, or flower-de-luces, with a purfle, or line between them and the ends of the cross.
Word Forms
- purfles
- purflew
- purfyle
- purfling
- purfled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include adorn, trim, hem, purl, pearl, piping.
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