papillote

[ pap-uh-loht; French pa-pee-yawt ]

noun

1. a decorative curled paper placed over the end of the bone of a cutlet or chop.
2. a wrapping of foil or oiled paper in which food is cooked and served.
3. en papillote.

papillote

/ ˈpæpɪˌləʊt /

noun

1. a paper frill around cutlets, etc
2. en papillote
   (of food) cooked in oiled greaseproof paper or foil

Word History and Origins

Origin of papillote¹

1740–50; < French, irregular derivative of papillon butterfly. See papillon

Word History and Origins

Origin of papillote¹

C18: from French papillon

Example Sentences

My hair, not naturally curling, had been put in graceful papillote the preceding evening.

From Project Gutenberg

He called the place—like his volume of poems—his "Papillote," his "Curlpaper."

From Project Gutenberg