Bordelaise

noun

Bor·​de·​laise

¦bȯr-də-¦lāz

variants or less commonly Bordelaise sauce

plural -s

: a brown sauce flavored with Bordeaux wine

Word History

Etymology

French bordelaise, feminine of bordelais of Bordeaux, from Bordeaux

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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