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Boul

Boul

(boōl)
,
Noun.
A curved handle.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


boul

boul

See also: bȯ́u̯l and boul.

English

Noun

boul (plural bouls)

  1. A curved handle.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)


Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin betullus, from Latin betulla, from Gaulish betua.

Noun

boul m (oblique plural bous or box or bouls, nominative singular bous or box or bouls, nominative plural boul)

  1. birch (tree)

Descendants

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (boul)