Borel Folk
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Country people; derived from the French.bourre (Lat. floccus), a lock of wool, because they covered their heads with such stuff.
Blount.
BORG (Saxon).
Suretyship.
Borgbriche (violation of a pledge of suretyship) was a fine imposed on the borg for property stolen within its limits. A tithing in which each one became a surety for the others for their good behavior.
Spelman; Cowell; 1 Bl. Comm. 115.
BORGESMON (Saxon). The land of each family composing a tithing.