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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: boules French: /bul/ pl n - (functioning as singular) a game, popular in France, in which metal bowls are thrown to land as near as possible to a target ball. It is played on rough surfaces
Etymology: plural of boule ball1; see bowl² boule1 (bo̅o̅l),USA pronunciation n. - JewelryAlso called birne. a cylindrical lump of material for synthetic gems, made by the Verneuil process.
- Gamesa metal ball, usually made out of steel, used in pétanque.
- GamesSometimes, boules. pétanque.
- French: literally, a ball; see bowl2
- 1915–20
- Furniturebuhl.
Also called boule•work (bo̅o̅l′wûrk′).USA pronunciation Bou•le (bo̅o̅′lē, bo̅o̅ lā′),USA pronunciation n. - Governmentthe legislative assembly of modern Greece.
- Ancient History, Antiquity(sometimes l.c.) a state legislative, advisory, or administrative council in ancient Greece.
- Greek: a council, body of chosen ones
- 1840–50
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