crapaudine

English

Etymology

French crapaudine

Noun

crapaudine (plural crapaudines)

  1. (rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
  2. (obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used to describe such a swing-door.

Adjective

chicken crapaudine

crapaudine (not comparable)

  1. (cooking) Of a preparation for fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a frog.

Coordinate terms

  • chicken crapaudine
  • flattened chicken

See also


French

Etymology

crapaud + -ine

Noun

crapaudine f (plural crapaudines)

  1. Several types of precious stones
    1. toadstone

Adverb

poulet en crapaudine

crapaudine

  1. (cooking) crapaudine

Coordinate terms

  • poulet en crapaudine
  • à la crapaudine

Descendants

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