tule

[too-lee; Spanish too-le]

noun, plural tu·les

[too-leez; Spanish too-les] /ˈtu liz; Spanish ˈtu lɛs/.

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

Origin of tule

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

I built a little hut of tule, and he lay on the ground till he died.
Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson
She saw Alessandro lift his hand and point to the house, then to the tule sheds in the rear.
Ramona
Helen Hunt Jackson
Cumnor, see that dugout with side-thatch and roofing of tule?
Red Men and White
Owen Wister
They took the tule roofs off the little houses, and carried them along.
Glimpses of Three Coasts
Helen Hunt Jackson
It was tule swamp when I bought it, and I was well laughed at by the old-timers.
The Little Lady of the Big House
Jack London