Definitions
an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork
Word origin
From French boule. Doublet of bull (etymologies 2 and 4) and bulla, or of bowl and pulla, depending on the etymology of the French word.
Used in a sentence
“Behind him is lumber 'sawn in the boule.' Wood is more commonly sawn in this manner in Europe and is stacked in the order it comes from the log.”
“Specialty lumber dealers can cut and sticker a log "in the boule," so that boards hold the same relative position they had before milling”
“A live-sawn log kept as a unit is known as a boule”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Cabinetry inlay”5 letters
02“Inlaid decoration”5 letters
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