Definitions for boulles

boulles boulle

Spelling: [bool]
IPA: /bul/

Boulles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in boulles (bellosu).

Definitions for boulles

noun

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

Origin of boulles

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

Examples for boulles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for boulles
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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