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burel (c.1170)
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burel (c.1170)

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bureau;  borel,  burrelle  (birril)  
  FEW:  bura- 1,630b Gdf:  burel 1,758c GdfC:  burel 8,395b TL: burel 3  DEAF:  bure 2 (burel)  DMF:  bureau  TLF:  bureau  OED:  burel n.1  MED:  burel n. 1  DMLBS:  burellus  225c

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1textilecoarse woollen stuff or garment, frieze, baize: 
( s.xii3/3; MS: s.xiiim )  N’unt pas vestu burels engleis, Meis peliçuns veirs e hermins  S Gile1 1648
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  N’est a li cummunal Nul ki vest el pais u burel u cendal  Horn 379
( 1233 )  de E. .i. chalun’; de R de M. .i. burell’  Leicester i 32
( MS: c.1275 )  chescun grant ustil (=loom) dunt l’en ovre bureaus doit [...] cinc soz par an  Winchester2 28.11
( MS: s.xiv1/3 )  Ausi bien sunt amorettes souz bureau cum souz brunetes  Lyric 219.1
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  polomitam: borel  TLL i 142
2herald.barrulet: 
( s.xiii; MS: 1606 )  Sir R. le F.W. porte borel d’argent et d’azure ou trois chapeus de gulez  Eight Rolls 87.40
( 1298; MS: s.xiii )  E. de V. porte burel d’argent et d’asur, poudré de merloz de goules  Rolls of Arms 416.101
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1194 )  Roger Burel  Family Names Burrell
( 1253 )  William Birril  Family Names Burrell
( 1310 )  Thom[as] Borel  Family Names Burrell
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