Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Borrel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Borrel \Bor"rel\, n. [OF. burel a kind of coarse woolen cloth,
fr. F. bure drugget. See {Bureau}. Rustic and common people
dressed in this cloth, which was prob. so called from its
color.]
1. Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Borrel \Bor"rel\, a. [Prob. from {Borrel}, n.]
Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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