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BOULLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boulle mean?
• BOULLE (noun)
The noun BOULLE has 1 sense:
1. an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
Familiarity information: BOULLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("boulle" is a kind of...):
embellishment (a superfluous ornament)
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