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burlap

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈbɝlæp/
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/ˈbɝlæp/ · /ˈbɜːlæp/

Definition of burlap

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
    ““A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.”
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noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
    ““A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To wrap or cover in burlap.

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Etymology

Uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) + lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle…

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Uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) + lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle English burel, borel. Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands); the NED suggests derivation from Dutch boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer (“farmer, peasant”). Bense similarly suggests derivation from an unattested Dutch *boerenlap, where boeren would be used in the sense of “coarse” as in boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) or boerenpraat (“coarse, rural speech”).

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