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buhl^¹

/buːl/

Rhymes with -uːl

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A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.

noun buhls · boulle · boule

attributive, often, uncountable, usually A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works. In preparation for a client of his type, she had brought into the shop a buhl cabinet, selected from Jabez Rintle's hoard, and that piece, with its elaborate craftsmanship in brass, inlay, tortoiseshell and carving, arrested Mr Jacobson's flair for a bargain in financial values at least.
uncountable, usually Furniture having ornamentation of this kind. Fancy a Member of Parliament and an old English Baronet, by Gad! obliged to put a drawing-room clock and a buhl inkstand up the spout; and a gold duck’s-head paper-holder, that I dare say cost my wife five pound, for which they’d only give me fifteen-and-six!

Buhl^²

proper noun

A surname.
An unincorporated community in Alabama.
One of two communes in France
A city in Idaho.
A city in Minnesota.

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@misc{buhl_2026,
  title = {buhl},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buhl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}