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

Count Ilsenbergh was sitting in an immense reception-room decorated with frescoes, at a buhl table, evidently constructed for no more arduous duties than the evolution of love letters.

From Our Own Set A Novel by Schubin, Ossip

The overturned decanter which had been on the buhl table in the morning was still there.

From A Duel by Marsh, Richard

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

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

Clock, buhl clock that ticked out the tortuous hours of my birth, Clock, evil, wizened dwarf of a clock, how many years of agony have you relentlessly measured, Yardstick of my stifling shroud?

From Young Adventure, a Book of Poems by Benét, Stephen Vincent