burl
English
/bɝl/, /bɜːl/
noun
Definitions
- A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.
- Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
- A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English burle (a knot flaw in cloth) derived from Old French bouril, bourre derived from Latin burra.
Origin
Latin
burra
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- burler English
- burlwood English
- wood English
- *burrio, *burrionem Latin
- *burrionem Latin
- *burrula Latin
- borago Latin
- burra Latin
- borra Italian
- bureau French
- borra Spanish, Castilian
- borra Portuguese
- burle Middle English
- boure Old French
- bouril Old French
- bourras Old French
- bourre Old French
- burel Old French
- borra Galician