- a small knot or lump in wool, thread, or cloth.
- a dome-shaped growth on the trunk of a tree; a wartlike structure sometimes 2 feet (0.6 meters) across and 1 foot (0.3 meters) or more in height, sliced to make veneer.
- to remove burls from (cloth) in finishing.
- a small knot or lump in wool
- a roundish warty outgrowth from the trunk, roots, or branches of certain trees
- to remove the burls from (cloth)
- an attempt; try (esp in the phrase give it a burl)
- a ride in a car
