bole

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Bole (botany)

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From Old Norse bolr, akin to Danish bul and German Bohle (“plank”). See also bulwark (“defensive wall”).

bole (plural boles)

The trunk or stem of a tree.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
  
  A fine powder filled the air and caressed the cheek with a tingle in its touch, and the black boles of the trees showed up in a light that seemed to come from below.