1. A pear-shaped synthetic sapphire, ruby, or other alumina-based gem, produced by fusing and tinting alumina. 2. A round loaf of white bread. (French, ball, from Old French, bubble, from Latin bulla.)
3. The lower house of the modern Greek legislature. 4. - a. The senate of 400 founded by Solon in ancient Athens. - b. A legislative assembly in any one of the ancient Greek states. (Greek boul, assembly; see gwel- in Indo-European roots.)
5. an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork (syn: boulle)
I'd only ever encountered boule in bakeries, but:
1. A pear-shaped synthetic sapphire, ruby, or other alumina-based gem, produced by fusing and tinting alumina.
2. A round loaf of white bread.
(French, ball, from Old French, bubble, from Latin bulla.)
3. The lower house of the modern Greek legislature.
4. - a. The senate of 400 founded by Solon in ancient Athens.
- b. A legislative assembly in any one of the ancient Greek states.
(Greek boul, assembly; see gwel- in Indo-European roots.)
5. an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork (syn: boulle)