English

Alternative forms

• bowse

Verb

bouse ‎(third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)

1. (nautical) To haul or hoist (something) with a tackle.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bousen, from Middle Dutch būsen, buisen, buysen ‎(“to drink heavily”). Related to Middle High German būsen ‎(“to swell, inblow”). More at beer.

Noun

bouse ‎(plural bouses)

1. (obsolete) drink, especially alcoholic drink
2. (obsolete) a carouse; a booze
   • Carlyle

     A good bouse of liquor.

Verb

bouse ‎(third-person singular simple present bouses, present participle bousing, simple past and past participle boused)

1. (obsolete) To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze.

French

Etymology

From Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian.

Noun

bouse f ‎(plural bouses)

1. dung
2. (heraldry) water-bouget