buhl
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of buhl
1815–25; from Germanized form of French boulle or boule, named after A. C. Boulle or Boule (1642–1732), French cabinetmaker
Example Sentences
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In fact, on lap-dogs, lovers, buhl, and boddices, There are no critics like these mortal goddesses!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 4, 1841 by Various
She staggered upstairs to the first drawing-room in which there was a silly pretty little buhl writing table.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Robin's wail itself had not been more hopeless than hers was as she dropped her head and let it lie on the buhl table.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
With a gesture of weariness, he pushed the pile from him, and throwing them carelessly into the drawer of a buhl cabinet, left them until such time as Jasper Vermont could attend to them.
From Adrien Leroy by Charles Garvice
That incident for a time restored my nerve, and a dim porcelain Chinaman on a buhl table, whose head rocked as I passed, scarcely startled me.
From The Red Room by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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