Obs. [F. bourlet in same sense, earlier bourrelet, dim. of OF. bourrel ‘mass of flocks or wadding’: a doublet of BURLET.] (See quot.)
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., I, Bourlet … in Gardening … is said of the Place, where, after some Years, the Graft becomes thicker than the Stock on which it was grafted.
