Purl

Quick meaning: Purl is a noun meaning A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.

Meaning

A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.

More Meanings

1. The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
2. An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
3. To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
4. (knitting) To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.
5. a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
6. (intransitive) To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
7. (archaic) To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.

Example Sentences

Knit one, purl two.

Needlework purled with gold.

The huntsman was purled from his horse.

A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl.

Word Forms

• purls
• purling
• purled

Synonyms for purl

Depending on context, synonyms include whirl, swirl, gurge, whirlpool, eddy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whirlpool, swirl, whirl, gurge, eddy, purrell.

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