burle

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
7
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10
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5

Definition of burle

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
    “[…] 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.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French burle.

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