English Explanatory Dictionary

burel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coarse woolen cloth.

Word forms

burel burels

Etymology

From Middle English burel, burrel, borel, from Old French burel, diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”). Doublet of bureau, which was taken from later (early modern) French.

Derived words

burlap
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