A type of coarse woolen fabric, or historically, a variety of pear; also a reddish-brown color.
From Old French burel, possibly related to bure (dark red or reddish-brown), with unclear ultimate origin but long established in English textile terminology.
Burrel was the working person's fabric—durable, practical, and commonly dyed that earthy reddish-brown that hid dirt on medieval laborers' clothes.
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