Definitions for boulle

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Spelling: [bool]
IPA: /bul/

Boulle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in boulle (bellou).

Definitions for boulle

noun

  1. buhl.
  2. elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.

Origin of boulle

1815-25; from Germanized form of French boulle or boule, named after A. C. Boulle or Boule (1642-1732), French cabinetmaker

Examples for boulle

Buhl, or boulle, is inlaid work with tortoise-shell or metals in arabesques or cartouches.

Collecting was to boulle a mania of which, says his friend, it was impossible to cure him.

boulle was given an apartment in the Louvre and for his great master the celebrated bniste composed his choicest work.

When there are only two slices of material the technical term for them is boulle and Counter.

Beyond this drawing-room was a splendid boudoir furnished with tables and cabinets in imitation of boulle.

With this work the name of boulle is indissolubly associated.

boulle adopted from time to time various plans for the improvement of his designs.

All greatness is the product of its opportunities, and the elder boulle was made by the happy circumstances of his time.

boulle himself worked intarsia of wood also at intervals all through his life.

There are many really magnificent pieces of boulle, and several marbles brought back from Italy.

Word Value for boulle
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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