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Meaning of burl in English
Pronunciation
/bərl/
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Verb
burl
Definitions
1.
remove the burls from cloth
Noun
burl
Etymology
late Middle English: from Old French bourle‘tuft of wool’, diminutive of bourre‘coarse wool’, from late Latin burra‘wool’
Definitions
1.
the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth
Examples
« often used decoratively in veneer »
2.
a large rounded outgrowth on the trunk or branch of a tree
3.
soft lump or unevenness in a yarn
Examples
« either an imperfection or created by design »