different between bordure vs purfle

English

Etymology

Old French bordure. Doublet of border.

Noun

bordure (plural bordures)

1. (heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brodeur, bourder

Dutch

Verb

bordure

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of borduren

French

Etymology

From Old French bordure, bordeure, from border (“to border”), from bort, bord (“a border”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.dy?/

Noun

bordure f (plural bordures)

1. border (the outer edge of something)
2. (heraldry) bordure
3. (nautical) The foot of a sail
4. kerb (the edge of a pavement or sidewalk)

Descendants

• ? Georgian: ???????? (bordiuri)
• ? Russian: ?????? (bordjur)

Further reading

• “bordure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• brodeur

Italian

Noun

bordure f

1. plural of bordura

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bordeure, bordoure, bourdour, bourdur

Etymology

From Old French bordure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?r?diu?r(?)/, /b??r?diu?r(?)/, /?bu?rd?r(?)/, /?b?rd?r(?)/

Noun

bordure (plural bordures)

1. An edge, boundary, demarcation
2. (heraldry) A heraldic border; a bordure
3. A decorative border or edge

Descendants

• English: border
• Scots: border, bordour

References

• “b??rd?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

English

Alternative forms

• purflew
• purfyle (13th - 15th centuries)

Etymology

From Old French porfiler, from Latin pro- + filum (“thread”). Doublet of profile.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??f?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?f?l/

Noun

purfle (plural purfles)

1. An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
2. (heraldry) An ornament consisting of a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or gold studs or mountings.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, vol. 1:

     It came to pass on a certain day, as he stood about the street leaning idly upon his crate, behold, there stood before him an honourable woman in a mantilla of Mosul silk, broidered with gold and bordered with brocade; her walking shoes were also purfled with gold and her hair floated in long plaits.

   • 2003, Tom Robbins, Villa Incognito,

     Remembering the exchange now, Dickie smiled that winning southern-boy smile. Then he went glum again. He thumped the purfled sound board.

2. (heraldry, transitive) To ornament with a bordure of ermines, furs, etc. or with gold studs or mountings.

Translations

Related terms

• purfling
• purl
• profile