burlap
English
/ˈbɝlæp/, /ˈbɜːlæp/
noun
Definitions
- (US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
Etymology
Affix from English burel (a coarse woollen cloth) + English lap (wrap, fold, involve, upper legs of a seated person, flap of a garment)derived from Middle English burel, borel derived from Dutch, Flemish boenlap (coarse, rubbing linen cloth), *boerenlap.
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
*boerenlap
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- belap English
- boor English
- boorish English
- burel English
- catlap English
- earlap English
- headlap English
- lap English
- lap joint English
- lapboard English
- lapel English
- lapful English
- lapheld English
- laplike English
- lapling English
- lapmark English
- lapper English
- lappet English
- lapping English
- laprobe English
- lapstone English
- lapstrake English
- lapward English
- lapwork English
- onlap English
- overlap English
- shiplap English
- umbelap English
- underlap English
- unlap English
- *boerenlap Dutch, Flemish
- boenlap Dutch, Flemish
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- boeren Dutch, Flemish
- boerenbedrieger Dutch, Flemish
- boerenbedrog Dutch, Flemish
- boerendeur Dutch, Flemish
- boerenjongen Dutch, Flemish
- boerenkaas Dutch, Flemish
- boerenknecht Dutch, Flemish
- boerenkool Dutch, Flemish
- boerenland Dutch, Flemish
- boerenleven Dutch, Flemish
- boerenlul Dutch, Flemish
- boerenmeid Dutch, Flemish
- boerenomelet Dutch, Flemish
- boerenplaats Dutch, Flemish
- boerenpummel Dutch, Flemish
- boerenslimheid Dutch, Flemish
- boerenstand Dutch, Flemish
- boerenstiel Dutch, Flemish
- boerenzoon Dutch, Flemish
- boerenzwaluw Dutch, Flemish
- boerin Dutch, Flemish
- bulleboer Dutch, Flemish
- herenboer Dutch, Flemish
- kippenboer Dutch, Flemish
- kolenboer Dutch, Flemish
- melkboer Dutch, Flemish
- suikerboer Dutch, Flemish
- veeboer Dutch, Flemish
- visboer Dutch, Flemish
- wijnboer Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- boer Norwegian Bokmål
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- boar Norwegian Nynorsk
- burel Middle English
- burel, borel Middle English
- lappe Middle English
- boer Danish
- bure Middle Dutch
- boer Afrikaans
- buru Sranan Tongo