burel

English

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.

Noun

burel (countable and uncountable, plural burels)

1. A coarse woolen cloth.
   • 1964, L. F. Salzman, English Industries of the Middle Ages, page 199:

     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.

Derived terms

• burlap

 

Translations

coarse woolen cloth

• Galician: burel m, pardo (gl) m
• Middle English: burel

Anagrams

• Brule, Brulé, Luber, Ruble, bluer, ruble

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Old French burel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈɾɛl/

Noun

burel m (plural bureis)

1. burel
   • 1274, Ramón Lorenzo, Colección documental do mosteiro de Montederramo, doc. 355:

     mando a Pero Mouro I saya de ualencina et I capa de burel

     I bequeath Pedro Mouro one robe of Valencian cloth and one cloak of burel

   Synonym: pardo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “burel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “burel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “burel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “burel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “burel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French burel, diminutive of *bure.

Alternative forms

• borel, borell, burell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈrɛl/, /ˈburɛl/, /bɔˈrɛl/, /ˈbɔrɛl/

Noun

burel (plural burelles)

1. burel (coarse woolen cloth)
2. A garment, especially if made of burel.

Descendants

• English: burel

Adjective

burel

1. (figuratively) lay, rustic unlearned

Descendants

• English: borrel, burrel
• Scots: borrell

References

• “burel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

burel

1. Alternative form of beryl

Old French

Etymology

Diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”).

Noun

burel oblique singular, m (oblique plural bureaus or bureax or buriaus or buriax or burels, nominative singular bureaus or bureax or buriaus or buriax or burels, nominative plural burel)

1. frieze (coarse woolen cloth)
2. a garment made out of frieze

Descendants

• French: bureau
  • → English: bureau
• → Middle English: burel, borel, borell, burell
  • English: borrel, burel, burrel
  • Scots: borrell
• → Galician: burel
• → Spanish: buriel

Spanish

Adjective

burel m or f (masculine and feminine plural bureles)

1. (bullfighting) reddish-brown (said of a bull)

Noun

burel m (plural bureles)

1. (heraldry) bar
   • 2015 July 9, “Vídeo: Violentas escenas en el tercer encierro de sanfermines”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La bajada a la plaza también ha sido rápida, aunque algún mozo ha afeado el espectáculo agarrando durante muchos metros el pitón izquierdo de uno de los bureles madrileños.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• burelado

 

Further reading

• “burel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10