burlap

Origin: . Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from , where the first element is from . Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands); the NED suggests derivation from with the first element perhaps confused with boer. Bense similarly suggests derivation from an unattested , where boeren would be used in the sense of “coarse” as in coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers or boerenpraat. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).