Bōr'rel, a.

a. [O. Eng. borel, burel. Cf. O. Fr. burel, a kind of coarse woolen cloth, L. Lat. burellius, id., Pr. burel, brown, Fr. bure, barat, drugget, O. Fr. bure, buire, Lat. burrus, Gr. πυρρός, flame-colored, reddish, red-haired; Pr. borel, L. Lat. borellus, butcher, Fr. bourreau. Rustic and common people were dressed in this coarse cloth, which was probably so called from its color.] Rustic; rude; clownish. [Obs.] “How be, I am but rude and borrell.” Spenser.