bricole

== English == === Etymology === From French bricole, from Late Latin briccola, bricola, of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹɪˈkəʊl/, /ˈbɹɪkəl/ Homophone: brickle Rhymes: -əʊl, -ɪkəl === Noun === bricole (plural bricoles) (military) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, used to drag manoeuvre guns where horses cannot be used. (military, historical) An ancient kind of military catapult. (real tennis) the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall (archaic, figurative) an indirect action or stroke. (billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is initially driven against the cushion before striking another ball. === Anagrams === Corbeil, corbeil, orbicle == French == === Etymology === Middle French [Term?], from Italian briccola. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁi.kɔl/ === Noun === bricole f (plural bricoles) (medicine) sling (colloquial) trifle Synonym: bagatelle (historical) a type of medieval catapult (military) a munitions store (colloquial, in the plural) problems === Verb === bricole inflection of bricoler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “bricole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012