noisette

American  

[nwah-zet, nwa-zet] / nwɑˈzɛt, nwaˈzɛt /

noun

plural

noisettes

1. a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat.

   an entrée of lamb noisettes.

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noisette British  

/ nwɑːˈzɛt /

adjective

1. flavoured or made with hazelnuts

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noun

1. a small round boneless slice of lamb from the fillet or leg

2. a chocolate made with hazelnuts

Etymology

Origin of noisette

1890–95; < French: a round, rather thick slice of fillet or loin of lamb or mutton, diminutive of noix choice part of a cut of meat, literally, nut, kernel < Latin nucem, accusative of nux; -ette

Example Sentences

In culinary school, I learned that the French term for browned butter is "buerre noisette," which translates to "butter hazelnut."

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2022

Virtually weightless might also describe the six slim strips of lamb in the rosemary lamb noisette, which at $44 amounted to a skimpy portion.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2014

C'est une assemblage de fragmens, presque touts angulaires, de toutes sortes de roches primitives feuillet�es, quartzeuses, micac�es; les plus gros de ces fragmens n'atteignent pas le volume, d'une noisette.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James

A noisette on my garden path An ever-swaying shadow throws; But if I pluck it strolling by, I pluck the shadow with the rose.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss

The climbing tea and noisette roses, forms of R. Chinensis and R. Noisettiana, are useful in the open in the South.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)