mousseline

¹

[ moos-leen ]

noun

1. Also called Chantilly, hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.
2. any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.

adjective

1. prepared or served with whipped cream.

mousseline

²

[ moos-leen ]

noun

, French.

1. muslin.

mousseline

/ muslin /

noun

1. a fine fabric made of rayon or silk
2. a type of fine glass
3. See mousseline sauce
   short for mousseline sauce

Word History and Origins

Origin of mousseline¹

< French: literally, muslin

Word History and Origins

Origin of mousseline¹

C17: French: muslin

Example Sentences

Then carefully, carefully she slipped on the pale blue mousseline-de-soie.

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It was made from a material which fashion names mousseline de soie one year and something else another.

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The material is plain mousseline de soié, white, with a small frill protruding from the slightly open front.

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Boiled fish always has mousseline, Hollandaise, mushroom or egg sauce, and round scooped boiled potatoes sprinkled with parsley.

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I had no idea your mousseline-delame would have washed so well.

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