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Webster 1913 Edition

(boōl)

Noun.

A curved handle.

Sir W. Scott.

See also: bȯ́u̯l and boul.

boul ‎(plural bouls)

A curved handle.
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From Vulgar Latin betullus, from Latin betulla, from Gaulish betua.

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

(fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (boul)