burlap
(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
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(US) A very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.
“A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby.
“The Mongols would sometimes stuff a person into a burlap sack, sew it closed and then have them trampled to death by horses”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To wrap or cover in burlap.
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