œil-de-bœuf
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French œil-de-bœuf.
Noun[edit]
œil-de-bœuf (plural œils-de-bœuf)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
œil-de-bœuf m (plural œils-de-bœuf)
- (architecture) bull's eye, oculus
- 1892, Jules Renard, L'écornifleur[1]:
- Je travaillais, comme toujours, en regardant par l’œil-de-bœuf la danse des flots de la mer. C’est ma petite pénitence de chaque matin.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: œil-de-bœuf
Further reading[edit]
- “œil-de-bœuf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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