burle

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noun

A cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France.

OriginFrench burle →
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Meanings

noun
  1. rareA 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
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    […] 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

  1. Frenchburle
  2. Englishburle

Borrowed from French burle.

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APA

burle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burle

MLA

“burle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burle.

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