boulle

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A form of buhl — A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.

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Meanings

nounboulle (usually uncountable, plural boulles)

plural boulles

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyartsAlternative form of buhl.

    The boulle clock ticked, with mindless vigilance.

    2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork

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boulebuhl
Broader
embellishment
Also see
boulebuhl

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

After André Charles Boulle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lobule
Cite this entry
APA

boulle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulle

MLA

“boulle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boulle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulle.

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