| 释义 |
boulle /buːl /(also buhl) noun [mass noun]Brass, tortoiseshell, or other material cut to make a pattern and used for inlaying furniture: [as modifier]: boulle cabinets...- There is also an impossible fruit salad of different materials: giltwood combined with boulle combined with ivory-inlaid tortoiseshell.
- On June 14, for example, it has organized a one-day conference on marquetry and boulle.
Origin Early 19th century: from French boule, from the name of André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), French cabinetmaker. The variant buhl is apparently a modern Germanized spelling. Rhymes Banjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, cagoule, cool, drool, fool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, mule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, sool, spool, Stamboul, stool, Thule, tomfool, tulle, you'll, yule |