adjective
- decorated with an ornamental border or edging, especially on a musical instrument
Usage: music; craftsmanship
Examples
- The violin’s purfled edges gleamed under the stage lights.
- He admired the purfled soundboard of the antique guitar.
- The luthier carefully created purfled binding around the instrument’s body.
- Her cello featured beautifully purfled f-holes.
- The purfled decoration added elegance to the mandolin’s appearance.
- Only the finest instruments were purfled with mother-of-pearl inlay.