Obs. exc. dial. [app. repr. an OE. *beorh-ened (= Du. berg-eend BERGANDER), f. beorh BURROW sb.2 + ened duck; cf. BURROW-DUCK.] The Sheldrake.
1602. Carew, Cornwall, 35 a. Widgeon, Burranets, Shags, Duck and Mallard.
1759. B. Martin, Nat. Hist. Eng., I. Dorset, 39. Geese, Galls, Burranets, Woodcocks.
1882. Jago, Cornish Gloss., 125. Burranet, the Shell-drake.
