purfile
English
Etymology
See purfle.
Noun
purfile (plural purfiles)
- (obsolete) A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's gowns; bobbinwork.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for purfile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)