Hŭr'ly or Hŭr'ly-bŭr'ly, n.

noun

n. [Eng. hurl, and Prov. Eng. burly, big, strong. Cf. Dan. hurlumhei, hurly-burly, confusion. The Fr. hurluberlu, or hurlubrelu, giddy, seems to come from the English word.] Tumult; bustle; confusion.

Unpreaching prelacy hath been the chiefest cause of all this hurly-burly and commotion. Latimer.