burlap

[ bur-lap ]

/ ˈbɜr læp /

a plain-woven, coarse fabric of jute, hemp, or the like; gunny.

a lightweight fabric made in imitation of this.

to wrap with burlap: to burlap and tie a newly dug tree.

Origin of burlap

1685–95; earlier borelap, equivalent to bore(l) coarse cloth (see bureau) + lap¹

Bind this down tightly with a piece of burlap and tack the edges to the rails.

Mission Furniture |H. H. Windsor
Where are your pan and your rolling-pin and your burlap bags?

Roy Blakeley's Silver Fox Patrol |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
The invention of this machine increases the production of burlap strips 900 per cent with the same force.

America's Munitions 1917-1918 |Benedict Crowell
We had no beds—sleeping on long, burlap bags stuffed with hay.

A Labrador Doctor |Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

Mr. Hatfield told the Cubs they would need cardboard, silver or gold paint, burlap and several other items.

Dan Carter and the Money Box |Mildred A. Wirt

burlap

/ (ˈbɜːlæp) /

a coarse fabric woven from jute, hemp, or the like

C17: from borel coarse cloth, from Old French burel (see bureau) + lap 1