burlap
Americannoun
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a plain-woven, coarse fabric of jute, hemp, or the like; gunny.
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a lightweight fabric made in imitation of this.
verb (used with object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of burlap
1685–95; earlier borelap, equivalent to bore(l) coarse cloth ( see bureau) + lap 1
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But even if there’s no hard camera footage of Kao giving Collins burlap sacks full of cash, there is undoubtedly a story that she got duped into delivering federal dollars to a scammer.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
In 2023 he bought NYP, a maker of burlap bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Leaning on a burlap bag brimming with gum arabic, Ahmad pointed to a map on a journalist’s phone to show the circuitous path he took to get here.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026
After the fossil hunters had recorded as much data as they could about where Apex was found, its bones were taped up in protective “jackets” made of plaster and burlap and lifted onto a trailer.
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
He led me over to a dog crate that was covered with more burlap.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
It was burlapped at purchase, which of course we removed before planting.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
All about him, burlapped cuttings rest like tablets brought down from Mount Sinai.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018
And, as Ratty had said, the chest, burlapped, corded, and tagged, stood in the main hall of the ranch-house, ready for removal.
From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe
She bowled Sarah smoothly back to the burlapped studio in time for the eleven-twenty pupil.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
By the middle of September such household goods as the Daltons had planned to take with them were packed, burlapped, crated, and labeled.
From The Tangled Threads by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
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