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noun
A coarse kind of thick woollen cloak, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A woollen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or head.
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History
Borrowed from Late Latin birrus (“a kind of cloak”), from Gaulish *birros, from Proto-Celtic *birros (“short”).
