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† purrell Obs.
[Etymology unascertained; possibly = F. burelle, a barry stripe or barulet, in Heraldry.]
A transverse stripe, or bar, made by one or several coloured weft threads, in a web of cloth (cf. list n.3 4); ordered by Act 35 Eliz. c. 10 to be woven at the beginning and end of a piece, as evidence of its full length, and to prevent its subsequent fraudulent shortening.
14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 584/6 Forago, a lyste, or a purrel. [Cf. Forago, ‘a dividing thread (in a web)’, Lewis & Short; ‘a thread inserted to distinguish a day's work’, Riddle.] 1592Proclam. 20 Jan., We also straightly charge and command all the said Weauers, that euery of them..shall also shut one purrell through both the ends of the same [cloth], of some coloured yarne, euery such purrell to be three quarters of an inch breadth at the least. 1592–3Act 35 Eliz. c. 10 §2 Eiche Weavor..shall also at eche end of everie of the same Kersies weave one Purrell likewise of coloured Yarne of the bredthe of Thre Quarters of an Ynche at the leaste. |