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 went to a buhl writing desk in the corner of the room, and sat down.

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

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

From A Duel by Marsh, Richard

Her house is very finely furnished, with heavy pile carpets and many mirrors, and buhl and ormolu everywhere.

From An Isle in the Water by Tynan, Katharine

With a gesture of weariness, he pushed the pile from him, and throwing them carelessly into the drawer of a buhl cabinet, left them until such time as Jasper Vermont could attend to them.

From Adrien Leroy by Garvice, Charles

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