purl

UK /pɜːl/ US /pɝl/
noun 8verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.

2

The edge of lace trimmed with loops.

3

An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.

A triumphant chariot made of carnation velvet, enriched with purl and pearl.

verb

1

To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

Needlework purled with gold.

2

To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.

Knit one, purl two.

Stockinette fabric is created by knitting the right-side rows and purling the wrong-side rows.

noun

1

a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.

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