bouche

[ boosh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Armor.

a curved indentation in an upper corner of a jousting shield, serving as a lance rest: used from the 14th to the 17th century.

Bouché

[ boo-shey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Origin of bouche¹

< French phrase à bouche literally, with (a) mouth, said of a notched shield. See bouchée

Mais c'est chose digne de memoire que cet homme mourant avoit touiours le sacr nom de Iesvs en la bouche.

Ce gage d'amitié plus qu'un autre me touche: Un serrement de main vaut dix serments de bouche.

Coppie du messaige qui a est declair par la Majest de la Royne et son conseil, par parolle de bouche, l'amb.

Lawyer Ball, who had just taken in a delicious bonne bouche of the foie gras, bolted it whole in his surprise.

The tail of the animal, which the mouth appears to swallow, is la queue dans la bouche.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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