bouchée

[boo-shey]

noun

a small patty shell of puff pastry, used especially for hot hors d'oeuvres.

Origin of bouchée

1840–50; < French: literally, a mouthful, equivalent to bouche mouth (< Latin bucca) + -ée < Latin -āta -ate¹

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Historical Examples of bouchee

The guides called it bouchee, "corked," and leaped out gayly into the water with their axes to "uncork" it.
Little Rivers
Henry van Dyke

British Dictionary definitions for bouchee

bouchée

noun

a small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served hot with cocktails or as an hors d'oeuvre

Word Origin for bouchée

C19: from French: mouthful

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