burlap

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Uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp.^[1] Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) +‎ lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle English burel, borel.^[1][2][3] 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);^[4] the NED suggests derivation from Dutch boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer;^[1][5] Bense instead suggests derivation from an unattested Dutch *boerenlap, where *boeren supposedly has an extended sense of "coarse" as in Dutch boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) and boerengoed (from Dutch boer (“farmer, peasant”); compare English boor), though this word is not attested.^[6]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝlæp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːlæp/

burlap (countable and uncountable, plural burlaps)

1. (US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.

   Synonyms: (UK) hessian, (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago) crocus

   • 2020 November 11, Johnny Diaz, Concepción de León, “3 Visitors Banned From Yellowstone After Cooking Chickens in Hot Spring”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “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.

burlap (third-person singular simple present burlaps, present participle burlapping, simple past and past participle burlapped)

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

• sackcloth