Associations to the word «Bouvines»

Dictionary definition

BOUVINES, noun. In 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley