burlap

American  

[bur-lap] / ˈbɜr læp /

noun

1. a plain-woven, coarse fabric of jute, hemp, or the like; gunny.

2. a lightweight fabric made in imitation of this.

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verb (used with object)

burlapped, burlapping

1. to wrap with burlap.

   to burlap and tie a newly dug tree.

burlap British  

/ ˈbɜːlæp /

noun

1. a coarse fabric woven from jute, hemp, or the like

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Etymology

Origin of burlap

1685–95; earlier borelap, equivalent to bore(l) coarse cloth ( see bureau) + lap ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

burlap burlapped

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

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

It took him a full day to broadcast the seed into the furrows, after which he folded away the burlap, barely noticing a stencilled word indicating where it had come from: Odessa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

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

I gathered the few things I would take with mean extra shirt, the flashlight, a knife, my notebook and pencil—and put them in the burlap sack.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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

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

At the mouth of La Biche a half-dozen burlapped pieces were removed from a cache in a thicket of balsam and added to the outfit.

From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

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

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