coquille

English

noun
Definitions
  • A dish (meal), especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
  • A scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like one, .
  • A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquille (shell).

Origin

French

coquille

Gloss

shell

Concept
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