boule
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8.1
A heavy round ball used in the game pétanque
- noun
- /buːl/
- Specialized
:
bola
- On sunny afternoons, we often gather at the park to play boule with friends.
Examples
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Playing boules with you.
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There was an invitation to join a book club, and one old geezer suggested a game of boules.
Fiction book (1993) -
The sound of the boule clinking against others echoed across the grassy field.
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Every summer, the villagers host a tournament where everyone can enjoy playing boule together.
Synonyms
ball
vsboule
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2.7
A rounded part of the body, for example the base of the thumb
refers specifically to a heavy sporting object used in target throwing games
bocce ball
vsboule
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5.3
A heavy ball in the Italian game of bocce that players roll to get close to the small target ball
is used in French outdoor target throwing games rather than Italian ones
Surface Forms
Etymology
Boule for the heavy round ball comes from French boule meaning 'ball' and from Latin bulla meaning 'bubble' or 'round thing', so a boule is literally a round ball used in games like pétanque.