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buhl

[bool]

noun (often initial capital letter)

elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.

Also, boule, boulle.

Also called buhl·work

[bool-wurk] , boulework, boullework.

Origin:
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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boulle, boule or buhl (buːl)

—*adj*
1.	denoting or relating to a type of marquetry of patterned inlays of brass and tortoiseshell, occasionally with other metals such as pewter, much used on French furniture from the 17th century

—n
2.	Also called: boullework something ornamented with such marquetry

[C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642--1732), French cabinet-maker]

boule, boule or buhl

—*adj*

—n

[C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642--1732), French cabinet-maker]

buhl, boule or buhl

—*adj*

—n

[C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642--1732), French cabinet-maker]

buhl (buːl)

—*adj*, —n
	the usual US spelling of boulle

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