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burle

burle noun: a cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France.

Noun

burle

  1. (rare) A cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France.
    • […] wind cutting through your clothes : the burle, a wind so harsh it had a name. That was Tanieux to him: a winter town, a cold, stone village huddled on its hillside, Grandpa's kitchen its one welcoming place.2011 April 15, Heather Munn, Lydia Munn, How Huge the Night, Kregel Publications, →ISBN, page 8
    • […] wind of good weather, it can chase away clouds but also intensify drought and heat. On the high plateau, the mistral can unleash in winter the burle, a swirling, blinding snowstorm propelled almost horizontally.2002, John M. Merriman, The Stones of Balazuc: A French Village in Time, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 13

Origin of burle

Borrowed from French burle.

Questions about burle

What does burle mean?
Burle means a cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France.
What part of speech is burle?
Burle is a noun.

Words near burle in the dictionary

  1. burlapping
  2. burlappy
  3. burlaps
  4. burlaw
  5. burlaws
  6. burle
  7. burlecue
  8. burled
  9. Burleigh
  10. Burleigh County
  11. burler

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