boisse
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Old French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Medieval Latin bostia (“handful”), from Gaulish *bostyā, from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”).
Noun
[edit]boisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural boisses, nominative singular boisse, nominative plural boisses)
- a sixth of a bushel
References
[edit]- “boisse2”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *buttia. Doublet of busse.
Noun
[edit]boisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural boisses, nominative singular boisse, nominative plural boisses)
- trap for catching fish (etc.)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*bŭttia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 659
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