boudeuse

[ boo-dœz ]

noun

1. a sofa or settee, usually upholstered, having two seats with a common backrest between them.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boudeuse¹

< French, noun use of boudeuse sulky, sullen ( boud ( er ) to sulk, be sullen + -euse -euse

Example Sentences

Mo pas le in jour toue boudeuse; L'autt femme, pour moin ce fatras; Mo va rende toue bien heureuse; Mo va baill' toue bell' madras.

From Project Gutenberg

He was then appointed to the command of the frigate “La Boudeuse” and the transport “L’Etoile,” and set sail in December 1766 on a voyage of discovery round the world.

From Project Gutenberg

One, the Thetis, was an entirely new frigate, carrying forty-four cannons and three hundred sailors, no French frigate of this strength, except the Boudeuse, having ever before accomplished the voyage round the world; the other, the sloop Esp�rance, had twenty carronades upon the deck, and carried a hundred and twenty seamen.

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It was the frigate, La Boudeuse, with which Bougainville had just been round the world.

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On the 16th of January, in endeavouring to reach Rupert Isle, the Boudeuse was driven by the currents half a cable's length from the shore.

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