<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>Definition: (used with object) to finish with an ornamental border.</li><li>Additional Definition: to decorate (a shrine or tabernacle) with architectural forms in miniature.</li><li>Forms: purfled, purfling.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called purfling.</li><li>Definition: an ornamental border, as the inlaid border near the outer edge of the table and back of a stringed instrument.</li></ul>