Definitions

1. noun

a small ball, typically made of bread, especially a round, crusty loaf of bread

“She broke into a baguette and revealed a soft, airy boule inside.”

2. noun

a ball or sphere of something, such as a sphere of metal or a ball of yarn

“The boule of twine unraveled slowly from the spool.”

3. noun

a type of French board game where players roll a large ball called a boule and try to get it to come to rest as close as possible to a smaller target ball, called a cochonnet

“The players took turns rolling the boule, trying to get it closer to the cochonnet.”

4. noun

a unit or division of a people or a territory, especially in ancient Greece

“In ancient Greece, each city-state was divided into several boules.”

5. proper noun

Boule, a French surname, or a given name

“Boule is a common French name for boys.”