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purrel

purrel noun: a transverse stripe or bar, made by one or several weft threads, in a web of cloth, to be woven at the beginning and end of a piece, as evidence of its full length, and to prevent its subsequent fraudulent shortening.

Noun

purrel (plural purrels)

  1. A transverse stripe or bar, made by one or several weft threads, in a web of cloth, to be woven at the beginning and end of a piece, as evidence of its full length, and to prevent its subsequent fraudulent shortening

Forms of purrel

pluralpurrels
alternative formpurrell
alternative formburelle

Questions about purrel

What does purrel mean?
Purrel means a transverse stripe or bar, made by one or several weft threads, in a web of cloth, to be woven at the beginning and end of a piece, as evidence of its full length, and to prevent its subsequent fraudulent shortening.
What part of speech is purrel?
Purrel is a noun.
What is the plural of purrel?
The plural of purrel is purrels.

Words near purrel in the dictionary

  1. purre
  2. purred
  3. purree
  4. purrees
  5. purreic acid
  6. purrel
  7. purrell
  8. purrells
  9. purrels
  10. purrer
  11. purrers

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