buhlとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A pronunciation spelling of Boulle, a French woodcarver.

発音

• IPA^(key): /buːl/
• 韻: -uːl

名詞

buhl (usually uncountable, 複数形 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 または II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], OCLC 2057953:

     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!