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Burel vs Burl - What's the difference?

burel | burl |

As nouns the difference between burel and burl

is that burel is a coarse woolen cloth while burl is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.

As a verb burl is

to remove the knots in cloth.

burel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coarse woolen cloth.
  • * 1964 , 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. — L.F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages , p. 199.

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    burl

    English

    Alternative forms

    * burr (UK)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the knots in cloth.

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