Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burel

/bˈɛɹəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bu-rel
IPA: /bˈɛɹəl/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coarse woolen cloth.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Burels at this time seem to have been made in lengths of 20 ells and sold at 8d. the ell, while the better quality cloths - browns, plunkets, blues, and greens - were nearly twice the length, and cost about 22d. the ell."

Etymology

From 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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: burel, burra

Usage

Inflected Forms

burels (plural)

Derived Forms

burlap

Homonyms

baril berrill burell behrle

Rhymes With

cheryl merrill sterile daryl there'll peril feral darryl darrell meryl sheryl terrell

Questions

How do you pronounce burel?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɛɹəl/.
What does burel mean?: A coarse woolen cloth.
Where does burel come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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