fumet

American  

[fyoo-mit] / ˈfju mɪt /

Also fumette

noun

1. 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.

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fumet ¹ British  

/ fjuːˈmɛt /

noun

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

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fumet ² British  

/ ˈfjuːmət /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

A verdant fish fumet for Manila clams starts with simmered fish bones.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2017

Their flesh is white and delicate, but, like all the other game in this country, it has no fumet, and only excels in the fine taste.

From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz

At length they came to the "fumet" or "sign"; it was all in one pile.

From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson

The ragouts looked as if they had been once eaten and half digested: the fricassees were involved in a nasty yellow poultice: and the rotis were scorched and stinking, for the honour of the fumet.

From The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Smollett, T. (Tobias)