(Homonym: boll, bowl).
A soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment).
The main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots .

ETYM French tronc, Latin truncus, from truncus maimed, mutilated.
1. A large strong case used when traveling or for storage.
2. The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber; SYN. tree trunk, bole.