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”; 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

Dédié au cardinal de Lorraine, pour lequel il en fut tiré sur vélin un exemplaire que depuis l'on a vu relié en maroq. jaune ancien, avec une tête en or sur la couverture.

From Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University by Van Name, Addison

He creased the indescribably soft couverture for me and I sat and looked into his forehead bounded by the cube of square sliced hair.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

La couverture est de plomb et semblablement de ladite église et cloistre, et tous les pilliers bouttans d'iceulx édiffices couverts de plomb.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis