Definition of "purfling"

(music, chiefly lutherie) Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint.  examples

(heraldry) An ornament consisting of purfle.  examples

present participle and gerund of purfle  examples