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bole

bole

9.9
A soft reddish brown clay used to make paint
  • noun
  • /boʊl/
  • Specialized
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  • The red bole (a clay) underneath the gold leaf imbues the frame with a reddish hue that highlights incised details.
  • bole clay

Examples

  • The shade is determined by the color of the bole (a clay) applied underneath and the grade of gold used.

  • The soft bole of her breast swelled against the top of her leg; she closed her eyes and hummed a slip of something, resting there.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Areas to be gilded were prepared with a layer of bole, a reddish clay that provided an adhesive surface for fragile gold leaf.

Compounds

Bole language
9.9

A language people speak in northern Nigeria like Hausa, with dialects Bara and Fika

Surface Forms

bole singular
boles plural

Etymology

Bole (red clay) comes from the Latin word bolus meaning 'clod' or 'lump'. So bole names the soft, reddish 'lump' of clay that artists use as a base or pigment.