Burlap is a densely woven fabric, usually made of jute and allied vegetable fibers.

Because it is strong and inexpensive, burlap is often used to make packaging, such as sacks and bags to ship goods like coffee beans.

Due to its coarse texture, however, it is rarely used for apparel.

Yet in some towns in Louisiana, a whip called quoit is made from braiden burlap, with which to lash Mardi Gras participants.

Burlap is also called hessian, hessian cloth or sack cloth.

Other

Burlap is also the name of a computing protocol, it allows communication between JavaBeans and other applications, expressed in XML.

A city in India. The road from Burlap to Kashmir, from poverty to wealth.

See also

• Burlap To Cashmere

Textiles | Packaging materials

Рогожа (ткань)