bouchon

[boo-shon; French boo-shawn]

noun, plural bou·chons

[boo-shonz; French boo-shawn] /buˈʃɒnz; French buˈʃɔ̃/. Furniture.

a supplementary, baize-covered top set in the center of a bouillotte table.

Origin of bouchon

1880–85; < French: stopper, derivative of Old French bouche sheaf

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There is a group of them flinging away their pay at the usual game of bouchon.
Paris under the Commune
John Leighton
The firing mechanism of the explosive grenades which we built was known as the Bouchon assembly.
America's Munitions 1917-1918
Benedict Crowell