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buhl en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /buːl/

Etymology

A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.

Meanings

1. (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. 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 158:
2. (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! 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 61, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

buhlwork · buhl work