tr.v., -fled, -fling, -fles.
To finish or decorate the border or edge of.
n. also pur·fling (-flĭng)
An ornamental border or edging.
[Middle English purfilen, from Old French porfiler, from Vulgar Latin *prōfīlāre : Latin prō-, forth; see pro-1 + Latin fīlum, thread.]





