I think the English call a burl a "burr"

As Churchill said of the US and England, "two countries divided by a
common language"

"Denis Marier" wrote in message ...
The English Harrarp's (2001) does not have the word BURL. The Canadian
Oxford
states that a Burl comes from old French "Bourle". I wonder what the French
woodturners are using today to depict a flattened knotty growth (burl) on a
tree.