BOOLY

Boo″ly (bo͞o″ly̆), n.; pl. Boolies (–lĭz). [[Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow + giolla boy.]] A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.] Spenser.