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noun
An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An ornamental border, edge, or line of a different tincture or material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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verb
To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
To ornament with purfle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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History
From Old French porfiler, from Latin pro- + filum (“thread”). Doublet of profile.
Across languages
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