Definition of "purfle" []

• To finish or decorate the border or edge of. (verb-transitive)
• An ornamental border or edging. (noun)

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• "For a while they followed a mountain stream edged with a lacy purfle of winter's last ice."
• "Well, said Arthur, thou hast said thy message, the which is the most villainous and lewdest message that ever man heard sent unto a king; also thou mayest see my beard is full young yet to make a purfle of it."
• "CRUDOR _ (Sir) _, the knight who told Bria'na he would not marry her till she brought him enough hair, consisting of ladies 'locks and the beards of knights to purfle his cloak with."