bouchon [boo-shon; French boo-shawn] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural bou·chons [boo-shonz; French boo-shawn] /buˈʃɒnz; French buˈʃɔ̃/. Furniture.
- a supplementary, baize-covered top set in the center of a bouillotte table.
Origin of bouchon 1880–85; French: stopper, derivative of Old French bouche sheaf Examples from the Web for bouchon Historical Examples of bouchon
There is a group of them flinging away their pay at the usual game of bouchon.
John Leighton
The firing mechanism of the explosive grenades which we built was known as the Bouchon assembly.
Benedict Crowell