† bourlet Obs.
[F. bourlet in same sense, earlier bourrelet, dim. of OF. bourrel ‘mass of flocks or wadding’: a doublet of burlet.]
(See quot.)
| 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. I, Bourlet..in Gardening..is said of the Place, where, after some Years, the Graft becomes thicker than the Stock on which it was grafted. |