How do you use the word "burlap" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "burlap" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "burlap": The indie coffee brand sells its roasted beans in small burlap sacks. Tom was carrying something in a burlap sack.

Burlap Meaning

/ˈbɝlæp/

Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA very strong, coarse cloth, made from jute, flax, or hemp, and used to make sacks, etc.

verbTo wrap or cover in burlap.

Sentence Examples

The indie coffee brand sells its roasted beans in small burlap sacks.

Tom was carrying something in a burlap sack.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The gardener wrapped the roots in a piece of ____ before planting.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The potatoes were stored in a large ____ bag in the dark cellar tonight.

Word Origin & History

Uncertain. Attested since about 1695 in the spelling bore-lap, borelapp. Likely from burel (“a coarse woollen cloth”) + lap (“flap of a garment”), where the first element is from Middle English burel, borel. Others feel that "its character and time of appearance makes a Dutch origin very likely" (and the earliest references as to its importation from the Netherlands); the NED suggests derivation from Dutch boenlap (“coarse, rubbing linen or cloth”) with the first element perhaps confused with boer (“farmer, peasant”). Bense similarly suggests derivation from an unattested Dutch *boerenlap, where boeren would be used in the sense of “coarse” as in boerenkost (“coarse, heavy food as is eaten by farmers”) or boerenpraat (“coarse, rural speech”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"“A ranger responded and found two whole chickens in a burlap sack in a hot spring,” she said. A cooking pot was also found nearby." — 2020 November 11, Johnny Diaz, Concepción de León, “3 Visitors Banned From Yellowstone After Cooking Chickens in Hot Spring”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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