purfle

purfle
purfler, n.
/perr"feuhl/, v., purfled, purfling, n.
v.t.
1. to finish with an ornamental border.
2. to decorate (a shrine or tabernacle) with architectural forms in miniature.
n.
3. Also called purfling. an ornamental border, as the inlaid border near the outer edge of the table and back of a stringed instrument.
[1275-1325; ME purfilen < MF porfiler to make or adorn a border, equiv. to por- PRO1 + filer to spin, deriv. of fil thread < L filum. See PROFILE]

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