† profiluren.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French profileure, porfilure.
Etymology: < French †profileure (1650 in the passage translated in quot. 1664; a1614 as profilure ), variant of porfilure (14th cent. in Middle French; also as pourfilure ) < porfiler (see purfle v.) + -ure -ure suffix1.
Architecture (
Obsolete rare).
1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart ii. i. 89 Together with Tuscan Profilures [Fr. les profileures Toscanes] both at the Base and Capital.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).