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burl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /bɝl/ (General-American)
• /bɜːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
2. (countable, uncountable) Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
3. (countable, uncountable) A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

Forms

Deriveds

burler · burly · burlwood

Translations (16)

izh pahka (tree growth) · fi pahka (tree growth) · ru кап (tree growth) · sv vril (tree growth) · fr loupe (mottled wood) · es lobanillo (mottled wood) · oc bachòca (tree growth) · fr loupe (tree growth) · es lupia (mottled wood) · izh pahko (tree growth) · hu görcs (tree growth) · ru кап (mottled wood) · sv masurknöl (tree growth) · hu göcsört (tree growth) · taa decheneɬghasr (tree growth) · hu göcs (tree growth)

burl en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /bɝl/ (General-American)
• /bɜːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).

Meanings

1. To remove the knots in cloth.

Forms