Buhl

//buːl// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Alabama.
  3. 3
    One of two communes in France
  4. 4
    A city in Idaho.
  5. 5
    A city in Minnesota.
Noun
  1. 1
    A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works. attributive, often, uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork wordnet
  3. 3
    Furniture having ornamentation of this kind. uncountable, usually

    "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!"

Etymology

A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.

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