burel
burel · burels
A coarse woolen clothA coarse woolen cloth.
US/bˈɛɹəl/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A coarse woolen cloth.
Origin
From Middle English burel, burrel, borel, from Old French burel, diminutive of *bure (compFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: burelsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedburlap
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable