Obs. Also 6 byrlet, 7 bourlet, 7–8 birlet. [a. Fr. bourlet or bourrelet.] A padded roll of cloth for a woman’s head; a coif or hood; also, a similar roll serving as a support for a ruff.
1490. Coventry Acc., in T. Sharp, Dissert. Pageants (1825), 17, note. Item twoo Burlettis.
1552. Huloet, Byrlet or tyrynge for women, calantica callotte en champ[agne].
1578. in Collect. Inventories (1815), 219. A lang taillit gowne of layn … with burlettis.
1611. Cotgr., Le grand papillon, a high Bourlet, or Hood.
1678. Phillips, Birlet, (old word) a Coife, or Hood. [Whence in Bailey.]
