French term - literally blown out. Used to describe the bulging forms frequent in Louis XV case furniture.

An outward swelling surface such as a drawer on a case piece.

A French term used to describe a swelling curve: the fronts of some later-18th century commodes and chests of drawers curve from top to bottom as well as from side to side; such fronts are called bombe.

Outswelling, curving or bulging. Term used to describe a chest with a bulging front. In fashion from Louis XV period.

A low, baroque-style chest with bulging, convex sides.

term for a bulging, curved piece of furniture whose swelling sides and front are mostly found on Baroque and Rococo style case pieces.

bulbous, curving form; convex fronts and sides of chests

Curving or swelling outward. Also BOMBED. Swell front.

Convex surface.

A style common on Dutch furniture, and cabinet furniture of the Rococo period, this is characterised by the vertical swelling of concave and convex curves on the fronts and/or sides, giving a bulbous appearance. [ picture

Low "kettle" shape chest of the baroque-style bombe' form derived from a shape used commonly for ancient Roman sarcophagi with bulging, convex shape on the front and sides. Bombe' style is often used for Chests, commodes, bureaus, armoires.

An outward-swelling kettle-base construction for chests of drawers and secretaries, found on the Chippendale and Louis XV styles.

A French design silhouette common in chests, cabinets and armoires. Features a convex or outward curving of the dimensions in the lower portion of the piece.

A frozen dessert made by lining a special mold with ice cream or sorbet, The center cavity is then filled with a mousse, cream or parfait mixture. The mold is tightly sealed and the dessert is frozen solid before unmolding and serving.

Molded, layered ice cream dessert.

In the history of cryptography, the Bombe was an electromechanical device used by British cryptologists to help break German Enigma machine signals during World War II. The bombe, based on a previous Polish device, was designed by Alan Turing, with an important refinement subsequently contributed by Gordon Welchman.