French: boule de litEnglish translation: bedknob 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | boule de lit | | English translation: | bedknob | | Entered by: | Vaughn |
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Furniture / Household Appliances | | French term or phrase: boule de lit | | I suppose this is a ball on top of a bedpost. Bedpost knob? ball? |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseNewCal: 8:05am Aug 27, 2007: Don't you think that some context and sentence if any might be useful?
Vaughn: 8:17am Aug 27, 2007: NewCal - I'm sure it would be helpful. But this is simply a list of extremely varied items on a packing slip.
Tony M: 8:21am Aug 27, 2007: Yes, Vaughn — but what is this packing slip in connection with? Is this still your list of theatrical props? Is there anything that could possibly justify why 'bedknobs' might appear (do they sell beds / make brassware / ... ?
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| | bedknob | Explanation:
If it is indeed as you suspect (though I have some slight unease that this might be a special term, since it seems an odd thing to have in isolation?), then that's what they're called.
cf. that excellent film 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' |
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 Tony M
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| bedknob
Explanation:
If it is indeed as you suspect (though I have some slight unease that this might be a special term, since it seems an odd thing to have in isolation?), then that's what they're called.
cf. that excellent film 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'
| Tony M
France
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| Foot (of bed leg)
Explanation:
Then there are the "pieds boule de lit", large round knobs serving as the feet of "sommiers", giving a clear space of 2-3 inches beneath the bed.
Failing that, it might be the "boules de poussière", or balls of fluff that might be found under the bed, as opposed to the bits of fluff that might be found on top, on a good day.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-08-27 09:02:28 GMT)
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Sorry: knock that confidence level right back, this is just a suggestion.
| Bourth
France
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