transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbər(-ə)l ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English burle, from Anglo-French * bourle tuft of wool, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin * burrula, diminutive of Late Latin burra shaggy cloth
Date: 15th century
1. : a knot or lump in thread or cloth
2.
a. : a hard woody often flattened hemispherical outgrowth on a tree
b. : veneer made from burls