Bole
WordNet
noun
(1) A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
(2) The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
(3) A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
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Etymology
From , akin to Danish and German .
Noun
- The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- 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.
- 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows