couverture

American  

[kuhv-uh-cher, koo-vuh-, koo-vuh-cher] / ˈkʌv ə tʃər, ˈku və-, ˌku vəˈtʃər /

noun

1. Also called couverture chocolate.  a superior grade of chocolate used especially for coating and dipping, containing a higher proportion of cocoa solids and cocoa butter than compound chocolate, which is made with cocoa powder and vegetable oil as well as other ingredients.

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Etymology

Origin of couverture

First recorded in 1920–25; from French: “covering”; cf. covert ( def. ), -ure ( def. )

Example Sentences

Using couverture is not a crime: many high-quality, gourmet chocolates are made this way.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2016

It was tart and nutty, with flavors and textures that melded beautifully beneath a dark chocolate couverture.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2011

This wealth of information even pleases him, and then quite abruptly he demands, "Donnez-moi une couverture," because, as he goes on to explain, he "feels very sick."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 by Various

"Superbe exemplaire d'un livre de la plus grande raret�; il porte sur la couverture les armes de Sixte Quint."

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Sur les deux fourches est posée en traverse une perche et sur la perche une grosse couverture en laine ou en gros poil.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard