boulet
(buːleɪ)
[a. F. boulet bullet, dim. of boule ball: cf. bowl n.2]
† 1. A small globe, sphere, or ball. Obs.
| 1605 Timme Quersit. iii. 86 Thou shalt put them into a small boulet of oake. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iii. 204 The Agnus Dei..is made like to those bulles or boulets of waxe, which they hang about the neckes of children. |
2. techn. ‘A horse whose fetlock or pastern-joint bends forward, and out of its natural position’ (Webster). [A misuse of the F. word, which means ‘fetlock’; a horse which has its fetlock out of place is said to be bouleté.]