burlap
English
Etymology
UncertainCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#BURLAP. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp.[1] Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) + lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BURLAP burel, borel.[1][2][3] Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands);[4] the NED suggests derivation from DutchCategory:English terms derived from Dutch#BURLAP boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer (“farmer, peasant”).[1][5] Bense similarly suggests derivation from an unattested DutchCategory:English terms derived from Dutch#BURLAP *boerenlap, where boeren would be used in the sense of “coarse” as in boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) or boerenpraat (“coarse, rural speech”).[6]
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝlæp/Category:English 2-syllable words#BURLAPCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BURLAP
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːlæp/Category:English 2-syllable words#BURLAPCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BURLAP
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BURLAPAudio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
burlap (countable and uncountable, plural burlaps)Category:English lemmas#BURLAPCategory:English nouns#BURLAPCategory:English uncountable nouns#BURLAPCategory:English countable nouns#BURLAPCategory:English countable nouns#BURLAPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BURLAPCategory:Pages with entries#BURLAPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BURLAP
- (USCategory:American English#BURLAP) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
- 2020 November 11, Johnny Diaz, Concepción de León, “3 Visitors Banned From Yellowstone After Cooking Chickens in Hot Spring”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- “A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.Category:English terms with quotations#BURLAP
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
burlap (third-person singular simple present burlaps, present participle burlapping, simple past and past participle burlapped)Category:English lemmas#BURLAPCategory:English verbs#BURLAPCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BURLAPCategory:Pages with entries#BURLAPCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BURLAP
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BURLAP) To wrap or cover in burlap.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Karl Rohling, Englische Volksetymologie (1931)
- ↑ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “burlap”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- ↑ “burlap”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ Skrifter i Rekken Spräklige Avhandlinger 1-3 (1943), page 106
- ↑ A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
- ↑ Evan Clifford Llewellyn, The Influence of Low Dutch on the English Vocabulary (1936), page 49: Burlap (1695), originally perhaps a sort of holland, now a coarse canvas made of jute or hemp and used for bagging; Bense suggests that it is from an unrecorded Du. *boerenlap, in which boeren is meant to express the same notion that it has in boerenkost, 'coarse fare'; boeren in this sense is often used in Holland to express coarseness in appearance, manners, language, &c.; [and] lap, a piece of cloth, clout, so *boerenlap, a coarse piece of cloth, hence coarse cloth, and this would suit the form as well as the sense."