BURGUNDY PITCH


Meaning of BURGUNDY PITCH in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: translation of French poix de Bourgogne

1. : a yellowish brown or reddish brown hard viscous resin obtained as an exudation from the Norway spruce and used especially formerly in medicinal plasters

2. : resin from any of various pines or firs sometimes mixed with other substances (as turpentine)

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