burranet Obs. exc. dial.
[app. repr. an OE. *beorh-ened (= Du. berg-eend bergander), f. beorh burrow n.2 + ened duck; cf. burrow-duck.]
The Sheldrake.
| 1602 Carew Cornwall 35 a, Widgeon, Burranets, Shags, Duck and Mallard. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. Dorset 39 Geese, Galls, Burranets, Woodcocks. 1882 Jago Cornish Gloss. 125 Burranet, the Shell-drake. |