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baguette|bəˈgɛt|
[a. F. baguette (a small rod or wand; in Arch. (as in Eng.) ad. It. bacchetta little rod, dim. of bacchio:—L. baculum staff.]
1. A small moulding of semicircular section, of the astragal species.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Baguette, in architecture, a little round moulding less than an astragal..According to M. le Clerc, when the baguette is enriched with ornaments, it changes its name, and is called chaplet. 1842Gwilt Encycl. Archit. iii. i. 684 The astragal is also known by the names of bead and baguette.
2. Mus. (See quot. 1938.)
1876Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. Terms 43/2 Baguettes. 1938Oxf. Compan. Mus. 63/2 Baguette, drumstick (also sometimes used for ‘baton’, and as the name for the stick of a fiddle bow).
3. A gem, usu. a diamond, cut in a long rectangular shape. Also attrib.
1926National Jeweler Nov. 33 Rings in which..baguettes, pentagons, hexagons or gems of other fancy shapes permit variety of design. 1935Times 2 Dec. 19/4 In one paré and baguette diamonds form a design like two harps. The baguettes are used like a scroll. 1938Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Year 276/1 Jewellers have made great use of the baguette or baton-cut diamond to produce pattern and variety in design.
4. A long, thin loaf of French bread, of various sizes in different regions, but usu. smaller than a flûte. Cf. French stick s.v. stick n.1 8 f.
1958R. Godden Greengage Summer vi. 60 One of the long thin loaves called ‘baguettes’. 1959‘M. Ainsworth’ Murder is Catching xv. 165 He was carrying a string bag..with a thin baguette loaf poking out of one corner. 1966G. Greene Comedians i. iii. 66 Long baguettes of bread, three to a table, were set out with meagre portions of butter and jam. 1970Guardian 22 Aug. 3/8 The baguette..is the classic French loaf. By law it must weigh 250 grammes. 1977Lancet 24 and 31 Dec. 1346/2 The sandwich when it came was a quarter of a baguette generously filled with ham. |