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matelotte

matelotte


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Matelote  \Mat"e*lote\,  Matelotte  \Mat"e*lotte\,  n.  [F.  matelote, 
  fr  matelot  a  sailor;  properly,  a  dish  such  as  a  sailors 
  prepare.] 
  1.  A  stew,  commonly  of  fish,  flavored  with  wine,  and  served 
  with  a  wine  sauce  containing  onions,  mushrooms,  etc 
 
  2.  An  old  dance  of  sailors,  in  double  time,  and  somewhat  like 
  a  hornpipe.