purl

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
2. noun The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
3. noun An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
4. verb To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge

   Needlework purled with gold.

5. verb To use or create a purl stitch or stitches.

   Knit one, purl two.

6. noun a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
7. verb To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.

   The huntsman was purled from his horse.

8. verb To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.

Similar words

whirlpool swirl whirl gurge eddy purl stitch purrell pirl purrel cable

Often followed by

of stitch stitches and the one row

Word family

purled purling purls