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
Example Sentences
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Investigators took a swab from a leftover pizza crust Heuermann threw out in 2023, linking him to a hair found on the burlap sack Waterman’s remains were found in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
“Provocations, restrictions,” Abu Awad said, recounting the incident as he spread tarps and burlap sacks under his olive trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
It wouldn’t strain the imagination to picture him clutching burlap sacks printed with the euro symbol.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2024
We shaded our faces green with a broken eye shadow that belonged to Dora’s mother, and my mother gave us two burlap sacks that had once contained basmati rice, for collecting candy.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
The pay safes had been boxed up and burlapped, giving the appearance of ordinary freight.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Allen Chapman
She bowled Sarah smoothly back to the burlapped studio in time for the eleven-twenty pupil.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
So, throughout the days of the journey, the man gazed with avarice upon the piles of burlapped pieces, while his brain devised the scheme.
From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
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