denoting or relating to a type of marquetry of patterned inlays of brass and tortoiseshell, occasionally with other metals such as pewter, much used on French furniture from the 17th century
noun
2. Also called: boullework
something ornamented with such marquetry
Word origin
C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642–1732), French cabinet-maker
boulle in American English
(bul)
noun
1.
decoration of furniture with designs of tortoise shell, brass, silver, etc. inlaid in wood
2.
furniture so decorated
Word origin
after Charles André Boulle (1642-1732), Fr cabinetmaker
Examples of 'boulle' in a sentence
boulle
Leo looked up from the boulle desk, where he was painstakingly copying a letter in calligraphy.