furdle

F4U1R1D2L1E1

verb

To draw up into a bundle; to roll up.

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Meanings

verbfurdle (third-person singular simple present furdles, present participle furdling, simple past and past participle furdled)

present singular third person furdles · participle present furdling · participle past furdled · past furdled

  1. obsoleteTo draw up into a bundle; to roll up.

    Jericho[…]though crumpled and furdled up,[…], if infuſed in Water, will ſwell and diſplay its parts.

    c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Origin

See fardel, and compare furl.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with furdle

hurdlegirdlecurdlefall at the final hurdlefall at the last hurdlenurdlewordle
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Cite this entry
APA

furdle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furdle

MLA

“furdle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furdle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “furdle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/furdle.

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