(n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fungus soiling of burlap was not clearly diminished by prescribed applications of Impregon solution 3 mo previously.
(2) Observing this is like watching a cat try to escape a burlap sack.
(3) They were Italian-Americans who collected our trash in large burlap sacks that they’d throw over their shoulders before going back down the 30 or so stairs to their truck.
(4) It's just an hour, and even my fashion-snob self could cope with wearing a burlap sack for an hour.
(5) You will find a pack of coppers backed by the staff of GQ on your front stoop with a giant burlap sack, ready to confiscate all your denim items.
(6) To assess its effects, this agent was used as a laundry and paint additive and as a treatment for burlap rug backing; after recommended applications of Impregon, coded replicate materials were inoculated with mixed suspensions of fungus particles.
(7) One self-styled prophet wore burlap cloth and clutched an enormous book he had labelled in homemade block letters: HOLY BIBLE.