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buhl

or boule, boulle

[ bool ]

noun

(often initial capital letter)
  1. elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.


buhl

/ ː /

adjective

  1. the usual US spelling of boulle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of buhl1

1815–25; from Germanized form of French boulle or boule, named after A. C. Boulle or Boule (1642–1732), French cabinetmaker
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Gramont thought a moment, then went to his buhl escritoire and opened it.

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

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Count Ilsenbergh was sitting in an immense reception-room decorated with frescoes, at a buhl table, evidently constructed for no more arduous duties than the evolution of love letters.

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The little buhl clock chimed nine in silver tones.

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Going to an antique buhl cabinet with a multitude of drawers, she opened one of them,--a secret drawer, which had long been undisturbed,--and began to look through its contents.

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