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burlap

[bur-lap]

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noun

a plain-woven, coarse fabric of jute, hemp, or the like; gunny.

a lightweight fabric made in imitation of this.

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verb (used with object)

to wrap with burlap: to burlap and tie a newly dug tree.

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Origin:
1685–95; earlier borelap, equivalent to bore(l) coarse cloth (see bureau) + lap¹

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Norris is hung up by his feet and has his head covered with a burlap bag containing an angry rat.

In this case there were chainmail bikinis, burlap loincloths and a spaghetti-eating contest.

Fist-size oysters-the three-year-olds-went into burlap bags.

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Norris is hung up by his feet and has his head covered with a burlap bag containing an angry rat.

In this case there were chainmail bikinis, burlap loincloths and a spaghetti-eating contest.

Fist-size oysters-the three-year-olds-went into burlap bags.

Protect young trees from sun scald by wrapping the trunks loosely in burlap.

The burlap or hopsack fabric used for dress or pea coat created a loose weave and colors glowed from patchwork effects.

We then soak wet burlap in the plaster mix and wrap around the fossil.

Scrub bricks with burlap to eliminate any mortar stains.

Three mutilated bodies were found today into a burlap bag dumped in a suburb as a warning to would-be informers.

Arsat pulls out six rough burlap sacks of gharu, pouring the contents on the floor.

For wrapping, use loosely tied burlap or a manufactured trunk wrapping material.

One of them carried a burlap bag which he threw on the floor of the car.

Burlap sacks still flattened the weed patches where the migrants had slept.

In coldest climates, protect from winter sun and wind with a burlap curtain add to my plant list.

The trunk was in a burlap bag, in which were large stones and a piece of concrete.

Fill with straw to keep it from freezing and place straw and burlap over the pile of earth so it can be worked.

Gold coins are put in a burlap bag and shaken for an hour or so.

Enter steampunk, the subculture that simultaneously embraces burlap and iPhones.

He is unknown, but a possible picture is emerging: a white man with a job, a car and access to burlap bags.

The cost of inputs for meat helmut making, burlap bags and reeds has soared.

Strain the liquid through cheesecloth or another burlap bag.

It was a green burlap sack, the kind carnies use for carrying big-top tents, tied.

The body was covered with burlap whenever another ship approached.

Oldenburg himself out of muslin and burlap soaked in plaster over wire frames and painted with enamel.

Even an old dresser drawer covered with burlap or plastic would work.

His early works included a pile of sand, stacks of folded burlap and dozens of short lengths of thick rope spread on the floor.

The boy comes back with a scrap of burlap and you fashion it over the body yourself.

Wrapping and enclosing young plants with chicken wire and burlap is one temporary solution.

The gauze seems to suggest wounds, while the coarseness of the burlap underscores the menace of war.

Her works in fiber, burlap and bronze have brought her wider international recognition in the last year.

Their moss had been torn off, stuffed into burlap sacks, and hauled back down the hill.

Or sometimes they do it the old-fashioned way: exchanging burlap sacks stuffed with cash.

The other bodies were found stuffed into burlap sacks or dismembered, but the toddler was found intact, wrapped in a blanket.

Briody watched their rivet punk walk along a beam with a burlap bag full of bolts slung over his shoulder, his hat askance.

Yet more mushrooms are growing in burlap sacks stuffed with wood chips.

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World English Dictionary

burlap (ˈbɜːlæp)

—n
	a coarse fabric woven from jute, hemp, or the like

[C17: from borel coarse cloth, from Old French burel (see bureau) + lap¹]

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Word Origin & History

burlap

1690s, probably from M.E. borel "coarse cloth," from O.Fr. burel (see bureau); or Du. boeren "coarse," perhaps confused with boer "peasant." The second element, -lap, meant "piece of cloth."

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