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.

Origin of papillote

1
1740–50; <French, irregular derivative of papillon butterfly. See papillon

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papillote

/ (ˈpæpɪˌləʊt) /


noun
  1. a paper frill around cutlets, etc

  2. en papillote (French ɑ̃ papijɔt) (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil

Origin of papillote

1
C18: from French papillon

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