From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbolebole /bəʊl $ boʊl/ noun [countable] literaryHBP the main part of a tree SYN trunk
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bole• On the north-east corner is the cellar, complete with winter bee boles and a drainage channel out to the moat.• However, the sites are usually near a buttress or a fallen bole.• She sat down and leaned against the bole of the tree, watching him.• A tall, dark figure in the shadows, leaning against the bole.• These stately craft are an awe-inspiring sight, each carved from the bole of single great ironwood tree.• Ellwood stood close to the bole of an apple tree and watched the bar.Origin bole (1300-1400) Old Norse bolr 