▪ I. burler
(ˈbɜːlə(r))
Also 6 borler, 7 buriler.
[f. burl v.1 + -er1. The form borler doubtfully belongs here: see also buriller.]
One who dresses cloth by removing knots and extraneous particles.
| 1483 Cath. Angl. 48 A burler, extuberarius. c 1500 Cocke Lorell's B. (1843) 9 Borlers, tapstry workemakers and dyers. 1565 J. Halle Hist. Expost. 8 One Thomas Lufkyn..a fuller, and burler of clothe. 1720 Stow's Surv. (ed. Strype 1754) II. v. x. 286/2 The..sheriffs caused to appear before them the Dyers, Taylors, Burilers..and fullers. 1757 Dyer Fleece (1807) 96 The clothier's shears And burler's thistle skim the surface sheen. 1875 Ure Dict. Arts I. 550 Burlers, women are so called who are engaged in removing from woollen cloths, with tweezers, all irregular threads or hair. |
▪ II. burler
variant of birler.