Hypertext Webster Gateway: "purfile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Purfile \Pur"file\, n. [See {Purfle}.]
A sort of ancient trimming of tinsel and thread for women's
gowns; -- called also {bobbinwork}. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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