Sc. Also boal. [Origin unknown.]
a. A small square recess in the wall of a room for holding articles. b. An unglazed aperture in the wall of a castle, cottage, stable, etc., for admitting air or light; sometimes closed with a shutter.
1728. Ramsay, Wks. (1848), III. 167. Bring from yon boal a roasted hen.
1816. Scott, Antiq., xxxii. Open the bole wi’ speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin.
c. 1817. Hogg, Tales & Sk., VI. 97. We have been benighted, and have been drawn hither by the light in your bole.
1834. H. Miller, Scenes & Leg., xxv. 365. The gold, which you will find in the little bole under the tapestry of my room.
1875. J. Veitch, Tweed, 92. A narrow bole High near the top.
