Definition of "farl"

farl¹

/fɑːl/

noun
plural farls
1. (obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
2. Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.

farl²

/fɑːl/

verb
third-person singular simple present farls, present participle farling, simple past and past participle farled
1. Obsolete form of furl.
  Quotations
  Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull ! Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !
  1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 1854, Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 2, page 416