Tule Definition

to͝olē
noun
Either of two large bulrushes (Scirpus acutus or S. validus) found in lakes and marshes of the SW U.S.
Webster's New World
Marshy or swampy land.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Tule

Noun

Singular:
tule
Plural:
tules

Origin of Tule

  • American Spanish from Nahuatl tōlin reed, sedge

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tule Sentence Examples

  • Camels were very successfully employed as pack animals on the Tule desert in the palmy days of Virginia City, Nevada, before the advent of railways.

  • The tipi is made using twelve wood poles with tule mat covers which were eventually replaced by bison skins during the late 18th century.

  • The San Joaquin is a very crooked stream flowing through a low mud-plain, with tule banks; the Sacramento is much less meandering, and its immediate basin, which is of sandy loam, is higher and more attractive than that of the San Joaquin.

  • The actual governor of Persia was Tului or Tule, whose son Hulagu or Hulaku is the first who can be rightly regarded as the sovereign of Persia.

  • In 1221 Mer y opened its gates to Tule, son of Jenghiz Khan, chief of the Mongols, on which occasion most of the inhabitants are said to have been butchered.

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Words Starting With

TTUTUL

Words Ending With

ELEULE

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