Definition of purfles:
(n) :
An ornamental border on clothing, furniture or a violin; beading, stringing.
(n) :
(heraldry) An ornamental border, edge, or line of a different tincture or material.
(v) :
(heraldry, transitive) To ornament with purfle.
(v) :
(transitive, archaic) To decorate (wood, cloth etc.) with a purfle or ornamental border; to border.