bole
1the stem or trunk of a tree.
Origin of bole
1Other definitions for bole (2 of 2)
any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.
a medium red-brown color made from such clay.
Origin of bole
2- Also bolus.
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How to use bole in a sentence
"A lot of the photos were taken at a club called The Colony," Boles explained.
Private Birthday Party: A Look at Kansas City’s Long Lost Drag Queens | Erin Cunningham | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany of them towered a hundred feet with scarcely a limb to mar the wand-like symmetry of the six-foot boles.
A Virginia Scout | Hugh PendexterA slight declivity of the soil made the merit of the ancient boles more conspicuous.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII | John LordIn the distance, between the dark boles, patches of sky with the fading light of evening.
The Saxons | Edwin Davies SchoonmakerOn the left the red wet plough-land showed through the doorways between the elm-boles and their branches.
Sons and Lovers | David Herbert Lawrence
Young tulip-trees about fifteen inches in diameter were cut down and their boles sawed into lengths of three feet.
Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for bole (1 of 2)
/ (bəʊl) /
the trunk of a tree
Origin of bole
1British Dictionary definitions for bole (2 of 2)
bolus
/ (bəʊl) /
a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment
a moderate reddish-brown colour
Origin of bole
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