en brochette

[ en broh-shet, on; French ahn braw-shet ]

adjective

1. Cooking. on a small spit or skewer:

   lamb cubes en brochette.

en brochette

/ ɑ̃ brɔʃɛt /

adjective

1. (esp of meat) roasted or grilled on a skewer

Word History and Origins

Origin of en brochette¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from French: literally, “on (a) skewer”

Word History and Origins

Origin of en brochette¹

literally: on a skewer

Example Sentences

She was born on Christmas day in 1904, likes to cook kidneys en brochette, plays golf, skis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The thought of being impaled en brochette on the horn of a rhino is one of the least attractive forms of mental exertion that I know of.

From Project Gutenberg

The porter's fires, over each of which sticks spitted with elephant meat en brochette were cooking, imparted a weird look to the river jungle grass and spectral trees.

From Project Gutenberg

“I’m half sorry it didn’t go on, and I’m sure it wouldn’t have been any worse than compelling Brutus to fall on his sword until he resembles a chicken liver en brochette, as is done in that Julius Cæsar play.”

From Project Gutenberg

He dreamed his trusty steel was as long as a cross-cut saw, and nightly he skewered British soldiers on it after the fashion of kidneys and bacon en brochette.

From Project Gutenberg