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papillote

[ pap-uh-loht; French pa-pee-yawt ]

noun

  1. a decorative curled paper placed over the end of the bone of a cutlet or chop.
  2. a wrapping of foil or oiled paper in which food is cooked and served.


papillote

/ ˈpæpɪˌləʊt /

noun

  1. a paper frill around cutlets, etc
  2. en papillote
    (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of papillote1

1740–50; < French, irregular derivative of papillon butterfly. See papillon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of papillote1

C18: from French papillon
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Example Sentences

My hair, not naturally curling, had been put in graceful papillote the preceding evening.

He called the place—like his volume of poems—his "Papillote," his "Curlpaper."

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