Bău'ble, n.

n. [O. Eng. bāble, Fr. babiole, O. Fr. bōnobelo (Roquefort), It. bubbola, a child's plaything; Lat. babŭlus, baburrus, foolish. Cf. L. Lat. baubellum, gem, jewel.] A trifling piece of finery; a gew-gaw; that which is gay and showy without real value.

The ineffective bauble of an Indian pagod. Sheridan.

A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with ass's ears fantastically carved upon it. Nares.