tuile
[ tweel ]
noun
a very thin, crisp, delicate cookie typically made with egg whites and often almonds, and sometimes formed into a cylinder or curved tile-like shape.
any crisp, thin wafer accompanying a dish or a meal, such as one made from cheese.
Origin of tuile
1First recorded in 1940–45; from French: literlly, “tile,” from Latin tēgula; see tegula
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How to use tuile in a sentence
The "carte tuile," or card bent lengthways, is also used for this purpose.
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