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

Gramont thought a moment, then went to his buhl escritoire and opened it.

From The Mardi Gras Mystery by Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry)

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

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

Going to an antique buhl cabinet with a multitude of drawers, she opened one of them,--a secret drawer, which had long been undisturbed,--and began to look through its contents.

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip

The little buhl clock chimed nine in silver tones.

From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie