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

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)

The little buhl clock chimed nine in silver tones.

From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie

Wealth's wasteful tricks I will not learn, Nor ape the glittering upstart fool;— Shall not carv'd tables serve my turn, But all must be of buhl?

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

His quiet step, the ticking of the buhl clock, the very roses on the Aubusson carpet gave her gross suspicions the lie.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

And then they were ushered into a drawing-room of Parisian elegance; buhl cabinets, marqueterie tables, hangings of the choicest damask suspended from burnished cornices of old carving.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield