boule /buːl/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •A round loaf of bread. •A round piece of dough. •One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. •(historical) A council of citizens in Ancient Greece •A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. •A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges.Behind him is lumber 'sawn in the boule.' Wood is more commonly sawn in this manner in Europe and is stacked in the order it comes from the log. — 1986 verb1 •(nonstandard, rare) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball. formsbouled · bouling · boules
