BOULE

boulle, boule, buhl

(noun) an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

boule (plural boules)

One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.

A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means.

A round loaf of bread.

A round piece of dough.

(woodworking) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.

Verb

boule (third-person singular simple present boules, present participle bouling, simple past and past participle bouled)

(transitive, cooking, rare, nonstandard) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball.

Etymology 2

Noun

boule (usually uncountable, plural boules)

(woodworking) Alternative form of buhl

Etymology 3

Noun

boule (plural boules)

(historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece

Anagrams

• Lobue

Source: Wiktionary

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Boule, Boule"work`, n.

Definition: Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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