单词 | buhl |
释义 | buhl|buːl| Also Boulle, q.v. [f. Boulle name of a wood-carver in France in the reign of Louis XIV. (Buhl appears to be a modern Germanized spelling.)] Brass, tortoise-shell, or other material, worked into ornamental patterns for inlaying; work inlaid with buhl. Also attrib.
1823Rutter Fonthill 14 A pier table, richly ornamented with buhl. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. x. 336 A wardrobe of Buhl is on the left. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg. (1877) 185 A splendid buhl stand. 1870Daily News 7 Feb., Scenes with real hangings, real buhl clocks, and other articles. b. Comb., as buhl-saw, a saw used in cutting out buhl-work; buhl-work (see quot.).
1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xi. (ed. 3) 96 Inlaid plates of brass and rosewood, called buhlwork. 1875Ure Dict. Arts s.v., Buhl-work consists of inlaid veneers; and differs from marquetry in being confined to decorative scroll-work. |

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