bouchon

[ boo-shon; French boo-shawn ]
/ buˈʃɒn; French buˈʃɔ̃ /

noun, plural bou·chons [boo-shonz; French boo-shawn] /buˈʃɒnz; French buˈʃɔ̃/. Furniture.

a supplementary, baize-covered top set in the center of a bouillotte table.

Origin of bouchon

1880–85; < French: stopper, derivative of Old French bouche sheaf

Words nearby bouchon

bouche, boucher, boucher de crèvecoeur de perthes, boucherville, bouches-du-rhône, bouchon, bouché, bouchée, boucicault, bouclé, bouclée

Example sentences from the Web for bouchon

  • The firing mechanism of the explosive grenades which we built was known as the Bouchon assembly.

    America's Munitions 1917-1918 |Benedict Crowell

  • There is a group of them flinging away their pay at the usual game of bouchon.

    Paris under the Commune |John Leighton