bouissé

Norman

Alternative forms

• buisset (Guernsey)
• bouessé, bouossé (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French boissel, from Gaulish *bossā.

Noun

bouissé m (plural bouissiâos)

1. (France) bushel
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 510:

     Quand le bouissé est pllein, i' jette.

     When the bushel-measure is full, it runs over.