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purfled

purfled is the simple past and past participle of purfle.

Meaning of purfle

Verb

purfle (third-person singular simple present purfles, present participle purfling, simple past and past participle purfled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.
    • And this was his message gretynge wel kynge Arthur in this manere wyse sayenge / that kynge Ryons had discomfyte and ouercome xj kynges /[…]/ they gaf hym their berdys clene flayne[…]/ wher for the messager came for kyng Arthurs berd / For kyng Ryons had purfyled a mantel with kynges berdes / and...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxvij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I
  2. (transitive) To ornament with purfle.
    • Crest; a dragon passant proper, wings elevated and purfled gules.1815, John Wilkes, Encyclopaedia Londinensis, page 606

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Forms of purfled

comparativemore purfled
superlativemost purfled

Words formed from purfled

Questions about purfled

What is purfled the simple past and past participle of?
Purfled is the simple past and past participle of purfle.

Words near purfled in the dictionary

  1. pureys
  2. purfalcamine
  3. purfile
  4. purfiles
  5. purfle
  6. purfled
  7. Purfleet
  8. purfles
  9. purfling
  10. purflings
  11. purfly

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