† bullebulen.
obsolete exc. dialect.
A semicircular or bowed handle, as of a pail, a door, etc.
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1483 Cath. Angl. 47 A Bulle (Bwylle) of a dore, grapa.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. F1b In the Bottom [of the Corfe] near the ends of it are two Holes bored, in which the bended Bule is put.
1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 434 Bule, the bow handle of a pail.
1875 Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.) Bule, the handle of a pot, pan, or other utensil.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Bule, semicircular handle of a bucket, pot-lid, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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