mousseline

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[ moos-leen ]

noun
  1. Also called Chantilly, Chantilly sauce. hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

  2. any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.

adjective
  1. prepared or served with whipped cream.

Origin of mousseline

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<French: literally, muslin

Words Nearby mousseline

Other definitions for mousseline (2 of 2)

mousseline2
[ moos-leen ]

nounFrench.

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How to use mousseline in a sentence

  • Then carefully, carefully she slipped on the pale blue mousseline-de-soie.

    Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield
  • It was made from a material which fashion names mousseline de soie one year and something else another.

    Vision House | C. N. Williamson
  • The material is plain mousseline de soié, white, with a small frill protruding from the slightly open front.

  • Boiled fish always has mousseline, Hollandaise, mushroom or egg sauce, and round scooped boiled potatoes sprinkled with parsley.

    Etiquette | Emily Post
  • I had no idea your mousseline-delame would have washed so well.

British Dictionary definitions for mousseline

mousseline

/ (French muslin) /


noun
  1. a fine fabric made of rayon or silk

  2. a type of fine glass

Origin of mousseline

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C17: French: muslin

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