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• bouche
  bouche

  noun

  a curved indentation in an upper corner of a jousting shield, serving as a lance rest: used from the 14th to the 17th century.
• Bouché
  Bouché

  noun

  Louis, 1896–1969, U.S. painter.

bouche

¹ American  

[boosh] / buʃ /

noun

Armor.

1. a curved indentation in an upper corner of a jousting shield, serving as a lance rest: used from the 14th to the 17th century.

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Bouché ² American  

[boo-shey] / buˈʃeɪ /

noun

1. Louis, 1896–1969, U.S. painter.

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Etymology

Origin of bouche

< French phrase à bouche literally, with (a) mouth, said of a notched shield. See bouchée

Example Sentences

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bouche Bouché

On his nightstand the day I asked to see it: “The White Nile” by Alan Moorehead, a book about educational policies, another on great speeches of history and an amusing bonne bouche by G.K.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

Padma then lets the cheftestants know that the Quickfire this week is to make an amuse bouche with "unique, unexpected ingredients" — and the singular bite needs to fit on a Ritz cracker.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023

"An amuse bouche of bargaining followed by an anger appetizer with a side of depression, acceptance for the entree and of course a little denial for dessert."

From Fox News ● Dec. 27, 2021

If Los Angeles is a confounding feast Santa Barbara is an amuse bouche.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2019

"Now it's your turn, Goualeuse," said the Chourineur; "I keep my history till last, as a bonne bouche."

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

“I’m not surprised at all by his reaction, and I don’t think QAnon conspirators are surprised either. It’s terrifying,” Vanessa Bouché, an associate professor of political science at Texas Christian University, said in an interview.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2020

For the fall 2007 couture collection celebrating the house’s 60th anniversary, John Galliano paid homage to Irving Penn, Rene Gruau, René Bouché, Christian Bérard and Jean Cocteau.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

Next to the Bouché is another little-known gem, from around 1924: Marguerite Zorach’s delicately limned three-quarters portrait of the poet Marianne Moore, looking starched and ascetic, with long and languid hands.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2013

Bouché states that the larva is cylindrical, rounded posteriorly, smooth and shining, fleshy, and yellowish white, and four lines long.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

I confess one would hardly recognize it, but when Monsieur Bouché understood what it was to be used for, he went to unusual trouble to fix it properly.

From Paula the Waldensian by Lecomte, Eva