boisse

Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin bostia (“handful”), from Gaulish *bostyā, from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”).

Noun

boisse m (oblique plural boisses, nominative singular boisses, nominative plural boisse)

  1. a sixth of a bushel
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