Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Purfle

Purfle , transitive verb

[Old French pourfiler; pour for + fil a thread, Latin filum. See Profile, and compare Purl a border.]

1.
To decorate with a wrought or flowered border; to embroider; to ornament with metallic threads; as, to purfle with blue and white. — P. Plowman
A goodly lady clad in scarlet red, Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay. — Spenser
2.
(Heraldry) To ornament with a bordure of emines, furs, and the like; also, with gold studs or mountings.

Purfle , noun

1.
A hem, border., or trimming, as of embroidered work.
2.
(Heraldry) A border of any heraldic fur.

Also: Purflew