bouline
\bu.lin\
The verdict
“bouline” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cordage amarré par le milieu de chaque côté d’une voile carrée pour lui faire prendre le vent de côté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouline · bouline · French
bouline · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouline |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu.lin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bouline » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bouline is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu.lin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bouline, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bouline, spelled B-O-U-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Cordage amarré par le milieu de chaque côté d’une voile carrée pour lui faire prendre le vent de côté.
- 2Châtiment corporel qui consistait à passer entre deux haies de matelots qui frappaient le condamné à l'aide de garcettes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bouline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La bouline de la grande voile, de la misaine, etc.
Pour dégréer un perroquet, on défrappe les écoutes, on les amarre sur les barres ; on défrappe également les cargues-points et la cargue-fond, on les dépasse de leurs poulies et on les amarre, les cargues-points aux pitons du chouc du mât de hune, la cargue-fond sur l’avant ; on décapelle les boulines de leurs cabillots, et on les fixe tribord et bâbord s…
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.