ballotine

noun

bal·​lo·​tine ¦ba-lō-¦tēn 

-lȯ-,

-lə-

variants or less commonly ballottine

¦ba-lō-¦tēn,

-lȯ-,

-lə-

plural ballotines or ballottines

: boned meat, poultry, or fish that is stuffed with seasoned meats or vegetables, rolled and tied into a bundle shape, and usually braised

Word History

Etymology

French, diminutive of ballotte rolled, stuffed meat, diminutive of balle bundle, from Old French bale

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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