bouleau, n.m., birch, birch-tree.
bouledogue, n.m., bull-dog.
bouler, v.n., to swell, to pout (of pigeons).
boulet, n.m., bullet, ball; fetlock-joint (of a horse); (man.) boulet. Un — de canon; a cannon-ball. Un coup de —; a cannon-shot. — rouge; red-hot ball. — ramé; chain-shot, bar-shot. Condamner au —; (milit.) to condemn to chain and ball. Tirer à —s rouges sur quelqu’un; to load any one with abuse.
bouleté, -e, adj., (vet.) upright on fetlock-joint. V. juché.
boulette, n.f., forced-meat ball; pellet, paper-bullet, blunder. Faire des —s; to commit blunders.
bouleux, n.m., thick-set horse; heavy hack; drudge. Un bon —; a plodding man, a drudge.
boulevard or boulevart (bool-var), n.m., bulwark, rampart; boulevard.
bouleversement (bool-vers-mān), n.m., destruction, ruin; overthrow; overthrowing; overturning; commotion, confusion, disorder.