corbeille

[ kawr-buhl; French kawr-be-yuh ]

noun

, plural cor·beilles [kawr, -b, uh, lz, kaw, r, -, be, -y, uh].

1. a variant of corbeil.

Example Sentences

A Picasso painting depicting a young nude girl, Fillette a la corbeille fleurie, was among the most expensive items sold on Tuesday night.

From BBC

Depicting a naked teenage girl with a basket of flowers, “Fillette à la Corbeille Fleurie” is widely acclaimed but, given the cultural #MeToo moment, potentially discomfiting.

From New York Times

It includes Claude Monet’s water-lily painting “Nympheas en fleur,” estimated to sell for $50 million-$70 million, and Pablo Picasso’s “Fillette a la corbeille fleurie,” which has an estimate of $90 million-$120 million.

From Washington Times

It includes Claude Monet’s water-lily painting “Nympheas en fleur,” estimated to sell for $50 million-$70 million, and Pablo Picasso’s “Fillette a la corbeille fleurie,” which has an estimate of $90 million-$120 million.

From Seattle Times

"This is the reason often historians have thought of the thumb turned down," Corbeille says, but there's evidence that the turn would have gone in the other direction.

From Time