purfle
Meanings
noun
- An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
- An ornamental border, edge, or line of a different tincture or material.
verb
- To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.
- To ornament with purfle.
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Etymology
From Old French porfiler, from Latin pro- + filum (“thread”). Doublet of profile.
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