bouissé

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French boissel, from Gaulish *bossā.

Noun

bouissé m (plural bouissiâos)

  1. (continental) bushel
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page 510:
      Quand le bouissé est pllein, i' jette.
      When the bushel-measure is full, it runs over.
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