bouillotte table

bouillotte table

noun French Furniture.
a small round table of the 18th century, having around its top a gallery within which a bouchon could be set for the playing of card games.

Origin:
< French bouillotte card game, equivalent to bouill(ir) to boil1 + -otte noun suffix
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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