† ˈcarfle,v.Obs.rare—1. A verb applied to one of the operations in preparing flax for spinning. 1398Trevisa 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.