Meaning & use
bole
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the trunk of a tree
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Moss crept up the thick bole of the ancient oak.
Loggers measured the bole's diameter before deciding whether the tree was ready to fell.
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The word comes from Old Norse 'bolr' and is mostly found in forestry, botany, and literary nature writing rather than everyday speech.
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