parfilagen.

Brit.

/ˌpɑːfᵻˈlɑːʒ/, U.S.

/ˌpɑrfəˈlɑʒ/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parfilage.

Etymology: < French parfilage (1772) < parfiler to unravel thread by thread (1751; < par (see per prep.) + fil file n.²) + -age -age suffix.Earlier French po(u)rfiler to hem, embroider (13th cent. in Old French), cited by N.E.D. (1904) s.v., has an isolated variant parfiler (16th cent.) but is not to be regarded as the same verb.

Now historical.

The unravelling of gold or silver thread from laces, epaulettes, or tassels, fashionable as a pastime among women, esp. in France, in the latter part of the 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > unravelling of gold or silver thread > [noun]

parfilage1830

1830 tr. É.-L. de la Mothe-Langon Mem. Mme du Barri II. xxv. 291 Parfilage had indeed become a perfect mania... Pretty articles were looked at and admired during the first twenty-fours hours, after which the scissors were taken up, and the charming gift was cut and slashed till the last thread was unravelled.

1846 Sun (London) 9 Dec. 7/7 The royal Family, in the meanwhile, remain in the adjacent room; the ladies at their tapestry or their parfilage.

1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace 215 Parfilage or Ravellings.—Work fashionable in the eighteenth century, especially at the Court of Marie Antoinette. The object of the work was to obtain from old and tarnished gold laces, braids, and sword knots the valuable metal threads woven into them, to sell to the gold-beaters.

1978 ‘J. Gash’ Gold from Gemini xix. 153 French women used to have small cased sets of hooks and needles for unpicking gold-fringed decorations and embroidery. It's called drizzling, or parfilage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parfilage
释义	parfilagen. Brit. /ˌpɑːfᵻˈlɑːʒ/, U.S. /ˌpɑrfəˈlɑʒ/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French parfilage. Etymology: < French parfilage (1772) < parfiler to unravel thread by thread (1751; < par (see per prep.) + fil file n.²) + -age -age suffix.Earlier French po(u)rfiler to hem, embroider (13th cent. in Old French), cited by N.E.D. (1904) s.v., has an isolated variant parfiler (16th cent.) but is not to be regarded as the same verb. Now historical. The unravelling of gold or silver thread from laces, epaulettes, or tassels, fashionable as a pastime among women, esp. in France, in the latter part of the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > unravelling of gold or silver thread > [noun] parfilage1830 1830 tr. É.-L. de la Mothe-Langon Mem. Mme du Barri II. xxv. 291 Parfilage had indeed become a perfect mania... Pretty articles were looked at and admired during the first twenty-fours hours, after which the scissors were taken up, and the charming gift was cut and slashed till the last thread was unravelled. 1846 Sun (London) 9 Dec. 7/7 The royal Family, in the meanwhile, remain in the adjacent room; the ladies at their tapestry or their parfilage. 1900 E. Jackson Hist. Hand-made Lace 215 Parfilage or Ravellings.—Work fashionable in the eighteenth century, especially at the Court of Marie Antoinette. The object of the work was to obtain from old and tarnished gold laces, braids, and sword knots the valuable metal threads woven into them, to sell to the gold-beaters. 1978 ‘J. Gash’ Gold from Gemini xix. 153 French women used to have small cased sets of hooks and needles for unpicking gold-fringed decorations and embroidery. It's called drizzling, or parfilage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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