tule

[ too-lee; Spanish too-le ]

noun

, plural tu·les [too, -leez, too, -les].

1. either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tule¹

1830–40, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl tōlin

Example Sentences

We saw there some launches very well made of tule, with their prows or points somewhat elevated.

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Thursday, April 4, was spent in the famous attempt to cross the great tule swamps.

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Also noteworthy is the casual manner in which the Mission Indians crossed and recrossed the Bay at its widest point in tule rafts.

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His fine boyish figure swayed like a tule in the wind, to the motions of his pony.

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Some of the children stealthily followed them, while two others ran over to Tule Lake to warn the hunters.

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