bouchon
[ boo-shon; French boo-shawn ]
/ buˈʃɒn; French buˈʃɔ̃ /
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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.
Nearby words
- boucher,
- boucher de crèvecoeur de perthes,
- boucher, françois,
- boucherville,
- bouches-du-rhône,
- bouché,
- bouchée,
- boucicault,
- boucicault, dion,
- bouclé
Origin of bouchon
1880–85; < French: stopper, derivative of Old French bouche sheaf
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Examples from the Web for bouchon
The firing mechanism of the explosive grenades which we built was known as the Bouchon assembly.
America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict CrowellThere is a group of them flinging away their pay at the usual game of bouchon.
Paris under the Commune|John Leighton