buhl

or boule, boulle

[ bool ]

noun

, (often initial capital letter)

1. elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.

buhl

/ buːl /

adjective

1. the usual US spelling of boulle

Word History and Origins

Origin of buhl¹

1815–25; from Germanized form of French boulle or boule, named after A. C. Boulle or Boule (1642–1732), French cabinetmaker

Example Sentences

Gramont thought a moment, then went to his buhl escritoire and opened it.

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The overturned decanter which had been on the buhl table in the morning was still there.

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Count Ilsenbergh was sitting in an immense reception-room decorated with frescoes, at a buhl table, evidently constructed for no more arduous duties than the evolution of love letters.

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The little buhl clock chimed nine in silver tones.

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Going to an antique buhl cabinet with a multitude of drawers, she opened one of them,--a secret drawer, which had long been undisturbed,--and began to look through its contents.

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