Bole

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊl

From Old Norse bolr, akin to Danish bul and German Bohle ("plank"). See also bulwark ("defensive wall").

Full definition of bole

Noun

1. The trunk or stem of a tree.
• TennysonEnormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean.
• 1908, Kenneth Grahame, A fine powder filled the air and caressed the cheek with a tingle in its touch, and the black boles of the trees showed up in a light that seemed to come from below.
2. (Scotland) An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, for giving air or light.
3. (Scotland) A small closet.
• Sir Walter ScottOpen the bole wi' speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin.

Ancient Greek βῶλος ("clod or lump of earth"): compare French bol.

Noun

1. Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.
2. (obsolete) A bolus; a dose.

Noun

1. Alternative form of boll (old unit of measure)

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