Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Buhl"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Buhl \Buhl\, Buhlwork \Buhl"work\, n. [From A. Ch. Boule, a
French carver in wood.]
Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal,
white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches,
etc. [Written also {boule}, {boulework}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
buhl
n : an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and
white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork [syn: {boulle}, {boule}]
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