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Strasbourg
(ˈstræzbɜːg, ‖ ˈʃtraːsburg)
Also 7 Stras-, Strawsborough, Strasbrow, 7– Strasburgh, 9– Strasburg.
[G. Strassburg, Fr. Strasbourg.]
The name of the principal town of Alsace, used attrib. in the names of various articles.
Strasbourg embroidery (see quot.). Strasbourg finch (see quot.). Strasbourg goose, a goose fattened in such a way as to enlarge the liver for use in pâté de foie gras (see pâté3 1 a). Strasbourg linen, a kind of linen imported from Strasbourg. Strasbourg match, an aromatic match for fumigating wines. Strasbourg onion (see quot.). Strasbourg pâté, formerly = Strasbourg pie, but now usu. a goose pâté not enclosed in pastry. Strasbourg pie, a pie made of fatted goose liver: see pâté3 1. Strasbourg turpentine, turpentine obtained from the Silver Fir Abies Picea.
1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 426 Roman Work. Also known as..*Strasbourg Embroidery,..and differing but slightly from Richelieu Guipure.
1815Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. IX. 538 *Strasburgh Finch. Fringilla argentoratensis... Found in the neighbourhood of Strasburgh, where it goes by the name of the Gyntel.
1857C. M. Yonge Dynevor Terrace I. xv. 240 A *Strasburg goose nailed down and crammed before a fire becomes a Strasburg pie. 1877E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. of Table 277 The liver of the Toulouse duck..is by most good judges preferred even to that of the Strasbourg goose. 1969J. Fraser Clap Hands v. 76 Byron's passion for Liquorice Allsorts was rapidly diminishing... Every week..he was fed a large box of them, like a Strasbourg goose.
1642Rates of Merchandizes 40 *Strasborough or Hamborow linnen. 1657Acts of Interregn. (1911) II. 1215 Linnen Cloth called..Strasborough or Hamborough Linnen. 1682Privil. Cit. Lond., Scavage Tables 52 Strasbrow Linnen.
1851Butler, Wine-dealer etc. 27 The *Strasbourg, or aromatic matches, are to be preferred for wines.
1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Cepa Cepa oblonga. The *Strasburgh Onion. Ibid. The best Onions for keeping are the Strasburgh kind, which is an oval-shap'd Bulb.
1860Dickens Uncomm. Trav. (1861) xiv. 204 An unopened *Strasbourg pâté fresh from Fortnum and Mason's. 1980D. Bloodworth Trapdoor x. 56 They sat perched on high stools..with a pot of taramasalata,..an opened tin of Strasbourg pâté, a loaf of brown bread.
1838Thackeray Yellowplush (1865) 27 He sent me out..for wot's called a *Strasbug-pie—in French, a ‘patty defau graw.’ 1869H. S. Leigh Carols of Cockayne 169 Turtle and salmon and Strasbourg pie.
1687J. Smith Art Painting xix. (ed. 2) 91 Take good *Strasburg Turpentine, and warm it. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 659.
b. Used to designate the European Parliament, established in 1958, which has its seat in the premises of the Council of Europe at Strasbourg.
1972Guardian 14 July 10/2 There is now some recognition at Strasbourg that with the coming of new members it must change its ways. Ibid. 23 Oct. 12/2 No doubt progress towards an effective European Parliament must take time. There are nevertheless measures which can be taken at once to lift Strasbourg out of its futile and legalistic rut. 1976Times 8 Mar. 13/1 (heading) Who governs, Strasbourg or Westminster? |