boisse

== Old French == === Etymology 1 === From Medieval Latin bostia (“handful”), from Gaulish *bostyā, from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”). ==== Noun ==== boisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural boisses, nominative singular boisse, nominative plural boisses) a sixth of a bushel ==== References ==== “boisse2”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *buttia. Doublet of busse. ==== Noun ==== boisse oblique singular, f (oblique plural boisses, nominative singular boisse, nominative plural boisses) trap for catching fish (etc.) ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Angevin: bosselle ⇒ Norman: bosselle ==== References ==== Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*bŭttia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 1: A–B, page 659