/boo ray"/ ; Fr. /booh rdday"/ , n. , pl. bourrées /-rayz"/ ; Fr. /-rdday"/ .
1. an old French and Spanish dance, somewhat like a gavotte.
2. the music for it.
[ 1700-10; bourrer to stuff, fill, v. deriv. of bourre hair, fluff burra wool, coarse fabric ]