buhl

American  

[bool] / bul /

Or boule,

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.

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buhl British  

/ buːl /

adjective

1. the usual US spelling of boulle

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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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buhl

A pretty appartement in the Rue de l'Arcade pleases Stella particularly, perhaps because the drawing-room is furnished with buhl cabinets.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

This faded rubbish in buhl and marqueterie was useful enough to Mr. Lovel, however; and on his canvas the faded furniture glowed and sparkled with all its original brightness, fresh as the still-life of Meissonier.

From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

A decanter which had held ether was overturned on a buhl table.

From A Duel by Marsh, Richard

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 Burnett, Frances Hodgson

The young lady to whom this charm was chiefly owing was sitting by a buhl work-table, on which lay her embroidery and a book.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas