baubel

Old French

Etymology

Probably a reduplication of biau, bel (“good, pretty”).

Noun

baubel oblique singular, m (oblique plural baubeaus or baubeax or baubiaus or baubiax or baubels, nominative singular baubeaus or baubeax or baubiaus or baubiax or baubels, nominative plural baubel)

1. a small gift for a child, etc.

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (baubel)
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.