buhl

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A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.

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buhl (usually uncountable, plural buhls)

  1. (woodworking) A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works.
  2. Furniture having ornamentation of this kind.
    • 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:
      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!

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