noun, masculine/ˈboɾne/plural: bornes
each of the metallic terminals of certain electrical machines and apparatus, intended for the connection of conductive wires; special end of the spear used in jousting
From French borne, from Medieval Latin (Merovingian) bodina, butina (“limit, boundary”), a Celtic/Transalpine Gaulish borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *bonnicca (“boundary”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also *bundos.