burl

/bɝl/

UK: /bɜːl/

burl

English Noun

Definition

A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.

Etymology

From Middle English burle (“a knot or flaw in cloth”), from Old French bourle (“flocks or ends of threads which disfigure cloth”), diminutive of Old French bourre, from Medieval Latin burra (“flock of wool, coarse hair”).