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vinaigrette|vɪneɪˈgrɛt, vɪnɪ-|
Also 7–8 vinaigret, 7, 9 vinegrette, 9 vinaigaret.
[a. F. vinaigrette vinegar-sauce (also in senses 2 and 3), f. vinaigre vinegar n.]
1.
†a. A condiment prepared with vinegar. Obs.—1
1699Evelyn Acetaria 20 Cucumber,..tho' very cold and moist, the most approved Sallet alone, or in Composition, of all the Vinaigrets, to sharpen the Appetite.
b. Now spec. a dressing of oil and (wine) vinegar, sometimes with herbs (esp. tarragon), used esp. with salads and cold vegetables. In full vinaigrette sauce (also F. sauce vinaigrette). Also vinaigrette dressing.
[1877Cassell's Dict. Cookery 1091 Vinaigrette, Sauce à la. This is a sauce much used in Paris for cold viands.] 1880M. Parloa Appledore Cook Bk. (new ed.) 235 (recipe) Vinaigrette sauce. 1906Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xxxv. 1112 Vinaigrette sauce..4 tablespoonfuls of salad-oil, 2 tablespoonfuls of tarragon vinegar, [etc.]. 1936Lucas & Hume Au Petit Cordon Bleu 136 Sauce vinaigrette..tarragon vinegar..lemon..shallot..garlic..mixed herbs..parsley..salad oil [etc.]. 1959Listener 24 Dec. 1135/1 Mushrooms cooked and tossed in vinaigrette dressing. 1974N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 7 Colette..made vinaigrette for the avocadoes. 1982T. Fitzgibbon With Love ix. 163 Calf's head with vinaigrette sauce, a dish seldom seen today.
2. A small two-wheeled carriage drawn or pushed by persons, formerly in use in France. Now only Hist.
1698W. King tr. Sorbière's Journ. Lond. 6, I saw a little Master in a little Vinegrette, drawn along by two Boys, much bigger then himself, and push'd behind by a Maid. 1698M. Lister Journ. Paris (1699) 13 The Vinegrette, a Coach on Two Wheels, dragg'd by a Man, and push'd behind by a Woman or Boy, or both. 1898A. Balfour To Arms xxiv. 272 The vinegrettes plying hither and thither..are like Sedans mounted on two thin wheels.
3. a. A small ornamental bottle or box usually containing a sponge charged with some aromatic or pungent salts; a smelling-bottle.
1811L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertr. I. 55 She had no resource but silence, her fan and her vinaigrette. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xviii, The matrons, meantime, offered vinaigrettes and wielded fans. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xxxix, She..took up..a gold vinaigrette which Mrs. Transome often liked to carry with her.
b. transf. Applied to a person.
1836T. Hook G. Gurney I. iv. 140, I would not..have ventured to confess to my most exemplary parent, more especially in the presence of the fair vinaigrette,..the adventure at Twickenham. |