papillote
[ pap-uh-loht; French pa-pee-yawt ]
noun
a decorative curled paper placed over the end of the bone of a cutlet or chop.
a wrapping of foil or oiled paper in which food is cooked and served.
Origin of papillote
11740–50; <French, irregular derivative of papillon butterfly. See papillon
Words Nearby papillote
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How to use papillote in a sentence
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."
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist | Samuel Smiles
British Dictionary definitions for papillote
papillote
/ (ˈpæpɪˌləʊt) /
noun
a paper frill around cutlets, etc
en papillote (French ɑ̃ papijɔt) (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil
Origin of papillote
1C18: from French papillon
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