The Sun revolves once on its own axis roughly every 25 days. This was measured by reference to black sunspots appearing on the Sun's surface. Conversely the moon does not rotate on its axis at all but is held in stationery in its orbit around the earth.
Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Bole(noun) the trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it. 2  Bole(noun) an aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. 3  Bole(noun) a measure.
early 14c., from Old Norse bolr tree trunk, from Proto-Germanic *bulas (cf. Middle Dutch bolle trunk of a tree), from PIE *bhel-(2) to blow, inflate, swell (cf. Greek phyllon leaf, phallos swollen penis; Latin flos flower, florere to blossom, flourish, folium leaf; Old Prussian balsinis cushion; Old Norse belgr bag, bellows; Old English bolla pot, cup, bowl; Old Irish bolgaim I swell, blath blossom, flower, bolach pimple, bolg bag; Breton bolc'h flax pod ...