coquille

noun

1. seafood served in a scallop shell

• Hypernyms: ↑dish

2. a dish in the form of a scallop shell

• Hypernyms: ↑dish

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\\kōˈkil, kəˈ-, -kēl; F kȯkēʸ\ noun (-s)

Etymology: French, literally, shell — more at cockle

1. : shell: as

a. : a shell-like dish in which food is served : scallop

b. : the expansion of the guard of a sword or dagger

c. : a ruching or edging gathered and fulled in a shell-like design and used for clothing or millinery trimming

2.

a. or coquille board : an artist's white drawing board with stippled texture that produces a dotted drawing that looks like a half tone but may be reproduced as a line cut

b. : a drawing technique involving the use of coquille board

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/koh keel"/; Fr. /kaw kee"yeu/, n., pl. coquilles /-keelz"/; Fr. /-kee'yeu/.

1. any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.

2. the cooking utensil for baking such dishes, usually a scallop shell or small casserole resembling a shell.

3. a cooking utensil, filled with charcoal, for roasting meat on a spit.

4. the shell of an escargot.

[ < F: shell (of a mollusk, nut, etc.). See COCKLE¹]

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coquille /ko-kēˈ/

noun

1. (often in pl) a scallop or other seafood served in a scallop shell

2. A dish or pastry case in the shape of a scallop or shell

3. A pat, eg of butter

4. A basket-hilt of a sword in the shape of a shell (fencing)

ORIGIN: Fr, from L conchȳlium, from Gr konchylion a cockle or mussel