† ˈcarfle, v. Obs. rare—1.
A verb applied to one of the operations in preparing flax for spinning.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De. P.R. xvii. xcvii. (Tollemache MS.) It [flax] is knokked and bete, breyed and carfled [ed. 1495 carflyd], rodded and gnodded, ribbed and hecchelid. |