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▪ I. † ˈburlet Obs. Also 6 byrlet, 7 bourlet, 7–8 birlet. [a. Fr. bourlet or bourrelet.] A padded roll of cloth for a woman's head; a coif or hood; also, a similar roll serving as a support for a ruff.
1490Coventry Acc. in T. Sharp Dissert. Pageants (1825) 17 note, Item twoo Burlettis. 1552Huloet, Byrlet or tyrynge for women, calantica callotte en champ[agne]. 1578in Collect. Inventories (1815) 219 A lang taillit gowne of layn..with burlettis. 1611Cotgr., Le grand papillon, a high Bourlet or Hood. 1678Phillips, Birlet, (old word) a Coife, or Hood. [Whence in Bailey.] ▪ II. burlet see burlace. |