galantine

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɡaləntiːn/(UK)
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/ˈɡaləntiːn/(UK) · /ɡalənˈtiːn/(UK)

Definition of galantine

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A spiced, thickened sauce served with fish or poultry.
    “‘Have some galantine. I'm going to. Your sole's cold.’”
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noun

  1. (historical)A spiced, thickened sauce served with fish or poultry.
    “‘Have some galantine. I'm going to. Your sole's cold.’”
  2. A dish of boned, often stuffed meat (or fish) that has been boiled, and is served cold with its jelly.
    “Of how many creams, jellies, salads, peaches, white soups, grapes, pates, galantines, cups of tea, champagne, and so forth, Lady Clavering partook, it does not become us to say.”
    “By nine o’clock plates of food were displayed for sale at prices ranging from three to five sous, their contents comprising slices of meat, scraps of game, heads and tails of fishes, bits of galantine, stray vegetables, and, by way of dessert, cakes scarcely cut into, and other confectionery.”
    “Canapes of many kinds, galantines to be scooped or carved, cheese and onions, no Worcestershire sauce.”

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Etymology

From Old French galentine, galantine, variant of galatine, from Latin gelāta (“frozen”) + Old French -ine. Compare gelatin.

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