The story
- French · borrowed frombois d'arc“bow wood”
- English todaybois d'arc
Borrowed from French bois d'arc (“bow wood”). So called because it was used for bows by the Indians of western North America.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bois d'arc
Today it means: An Osage orange tree, of species Maclura pomifera, or wood of this tree. Full definition →
French bois d'arc