burse
noun/ˈbɜː(ɹ)s/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare French bourse (“purse, fund”).
1
Historical A purse.
- Roche stepped forward with a leather burse, announcing that he would pay for both of us.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter IX, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 90:
- Try a burse instead – sort of a bag, sort of a purse, inspired by the cases that hold the corporal cloth used in mass, and designed to be carried by men.2021 January 22, The Guardian:
2
A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.
3
Ecclesiastical, Lifestyle, Religion An ornamental case to hold the corporal when not in use.
4
Obsolete A stock exchange; a bourse.
5
Obsolete A kind of bazaar.