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▪ I. † boule1 ? Obs.
[app. a variant spelling of boll, bowl, a hemispherical dish.]
A measure of lead ore: see quot.
1449Excheq. Records in Risdon Surv. Devon Introd. 18, 144 Bouls of Glance Oar. 1670Pettus Fodinæ Regales s.v. Boule, cited in Tapping Gloss. Lead-mining Terms 1851 (E.D.S.) 24 Boule or Dish, a certain measure wherewith the miners are accustomed to measure out the duties to the church and king..it formerly contained about half a peck.
▪ II. boule2|buːl|
An altered form of the word commonly spelt buhl. See Boulle.
▪ III. boule3|ˈbaʊliː, ˈbuːleɪ|
[a. Gr. βουλή senate.]
A legislative council of ancient Greece, originally aristocratic and consisting of the heads of families, later consisting of representatives chosen by lot.
1846Grote Hist. Greece II. i. xx. 89 The Boulê, or council of chiefs, and the Agora, or general assembly of freemen. 1905Spectator 4 Mar. 318/2 The Boulé, which answers practically to the House of Commons.
▪ IV. ‖ boule4|bul|
[Fr., = bowl n.2]
1. A game resembling roulette (see quot. 1911). Also attrib.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXI. 308/2 In recent years there has been a tendency to supplant the petits chevaux at French resorts by the boule or ball game..; in this a ball is rolled on a basin-shaped table so that it may eventually settle in one of a number of shallow cups, each marked with a figure. 1928Daily Tel. 10 July 15/5 Rooms for boule and baccarat. 1937M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning i. 3 A shower of counters on a boule table.
2. A French form of bowls, played on rough ground, usu. with metal balls. Also in pl. form.
1924W. J. Locke Coming of Amos xvii. 220, I..aided her to play a childish game of boule. 1942W. Simpson One of our Pilots iv. 107 Groups of soldiers were playing ‘boules’, a crude form of bowls played on rough ground, which was very popular in France. 1953F. Stark Coast of Incense ii. 96 The game of boule—bowls without the bowling-green.
▪ V. boule
obs. form of bowl. |