Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Borrel
Bor′rel (bŏr′rĕl), n. [OF. burel a kind of coarse woolen cloth, fr. F. bure drugget. See Bureau. Rustic and common people dressed in this cloth, which was prob. so called from its color.] 1. Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
Bor′rel, a. [Prob. from Borrel, n.] Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. [Obs.] Chaucer.