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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Next, the roles were reversed: Senegalese wrestlers put on traditional burlap shorts to try their hand at Swiss wrestling, with the Swiss avenging their earlier defeat.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
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
“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
For a minute he could almost picture it—they could hide him under burlap bags in the pickup truck bed until they got into town.
From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
But Sarah, in the burlapped studio, between piano pupils, was aghast and bitter.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
The dining-room was unfurnished; though the table and chairs were in it, they were still burlapped, and the barrels of dishes were not yet unpacked.
From Two Little Women by Carolyn Wells
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