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 ( bureau ) + lap 1
Example Sentences
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She raised the burlap sack so I could see it.
From Literature
He had burlap over his shoes to silence his footsteps and ammonia on his clothes to drive off dogs.
From Los Angeles Times
I don’t have a suitcase, and it didn’t feel right to sneak one from the Tilburys, so I put everything in a burlap bag I found in the larder of the Mutton.
From Literature
The sled was piled high with burlap mail bags, all stuffed to bursting.
From Literature
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.
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