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English word origin

Etymology of harl

Cognate with Middle Low German herle, Low German harle, Saterland Frisian harrel (“hemp fibre”).

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Source etymology 1

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verb

To surface a building using a slurry of pebbles or stone chips which is then cured using a lime render.

noun

A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather. · A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, used in dressing artificial flies.

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Cognate with Middle Low German herle, Low German harle, Saterland Frisian harrel (“hemp fibre”).

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