bouillotte table

noun

, French Furniture.

1. a small round table of the 18th century, having around its top a gallery within which a bouchon could be set for the playing of card games.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bouillotte table¹

< French bouillotte card game, equivalent to bouill ( ir ) to boil ¹ + -otte noun suffix

Example Sentences

Arthur promised to say nothing about it, and soon forgot the whole affair in the excitement of a bouillotte-table.

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