mousseline

[ moos-leen ]

/ musˈlin /

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noun

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

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

adjective

prepared or served with whipped cream.

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Origin of mousseline

<French: literally, muslin

Words nearby mousseline

mousey, mousing, mousquetaire, moussaka, mousse, mousseline, mousseline de laine, mousseline de soie, mousseline sauce, Moussorgsky, moustache

Other definitions for mousseline (2 of 2)

mousseline²

[ moos-leen ]

/ musˈlin /

noun French.

muslin.

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.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VI, November 1850, Vol. I|Various
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.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long|Charles Reade

British Dictionary definitions for mousseline

mousseline

/ (French muslin) /

noun

a fine fabric made of rayon or silk

a type of fine glass

short for mousseline sauce

Word Origin for mousseline

C17: French: muslin

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