corbeille

American  

[kawr-buhl, kawr-be-y^uh] / ˈkɔr bəl, kɔrˈbɛ yə /

noun

plural

corbeilles

1. a variant of corbeil.

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Example Sentences

It includes Claude Monet’s water-lily painting “Nympheas en fleur,” estimated to sell for $50 million-$70 million, and Pablo Picasso’s “Fillette a la corbeille fleurie,” which has an estimate of $90 million-$120 million.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2018

For a tumultuous 30 minutes every afternoon, traders mill around a closed-off corbeille on the Paris Bourse to buy and sell gold for French banks.

From Time Magazine Archive

If we had espoused each other she would have had to do without a trousseau, and I certainly would not have been able to present her with a corbeille.

From Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire by O'Shea, John Augustus

I shall, however, see to it that this manikin, besides his name, will lay at your feet another splendid wedding-gift, and a corbeille de noce, which will he worthy of you.

From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

That inconsiderate wretch of a Marquis de Ferrier—to spoil such a corbeille as this!

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell