fumet

American

[fyoo-mit] / ˈfyu mɪt /

Also fumette

noun

a stock made by simmering fish, chicken, game, etc., in water, wine, or in both, often boiled down to concentrate the flavor and used as a flavoring.

fumet ¹ British

/ fjuːˈmɛt /

noun

a strong-flavoured liquor from cooking fish, meat, or game: used to flavour sauces

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fumet ² British

/ ˈfjuːmət /

noun

archaic (often plural) the dropping of a deer

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Etymology

Origin of fumet

1715–25; < French: fumes, odor of wine or meat, derivative of Middle French fumer to smoke, expose to fumes

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Fumet, fū′met, n. the dung of deer, hares, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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