boules

/ bul /

plural noun

functioning as singular a game, popular in France, in which metal bowls are thrown to land as near as possible to a target ball. It is played on rough surfaces

Origin of boules¹

plural of boule ball ¹; see bowl ²

For the men of Cagnes were engrossed in the favorite sport of the Midi, jeu aux boules.

Presently a carriage was heard rolling away up the Rue de Deux-Boules.

Rue des Deux-Boules existed under another name in the twelfth century.

Rue des Deux-Boules dates under other names from the twelfth century.

As is well known, the rough material is formed in boules or pear-shaped drops under an inverted blowpipe.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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