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shallot, shalot|ʃəˈlɒt|
Also 7 shelot, 9 shalott, 'schalot.
[aphetic f. eschalot. Cf. LG. schalotten, scharlotten (Brem. Wb.).
The spelling shallot, though inferior to shalot because it suggests a wrong pronunciation, is now the more common.]
1. A small onion, Allium Ascalonicum, native in Syria and cultivated for use as a flavouring ingredient for salads, sauces, etc.
1664S. Blake Compl. Gard. Pract. 121 Shalot. Or Spanish Garlick. 1670L. Meager Eng. Gardener 188 Shelot. Ibid. 189, 213. 1687 Miege Gt. Fr. Dict. ii, Shalot,..echalote. 1693Evelyn De La Quint. Compl. Gard. II. vi. 146 Shalots or Eschalots. Ibid. 201 Shallots, otherwise Rocamboles, or Spanish Garlick. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 358 Plant Garlick, Shallots, Rocambole. 1747H. Glasse Cookery ii. 35 Take five or six Shalots peel'd. 1822Lamb Elia i. Diss. upon Roast Pig, Steep your whole hogs in shalots, if you wish. 1838Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Witches' Frolic xliv, And they wound up the meal with rumpsteaks and 'schalots. 1882Garden 11 Feb. 106/2 Shallots often become mildewed.
attrib.1747H. Glasse Cookery ii. 35 Shalot-Sauce for roasted Fowls. 1842Merle Domestic Dict. 255 Shalot Vinegar. Same as garlic vinegar.
2. [After F. échalote.] A name for the metal ‘reed’ in some kinds of organ-pipes.
1727Chambers Cycl. s.v. Organ, A Reed-pipe consists of a Foot..which carries the Wind into the Shalot, or Reed.., which is a hollow Demi-cylinder, fitted [etc.]. 1746Tansur New Mus. Gram. 65 The Shallot or Reed. 1938Oxf. Compan. Mus. 658/1 A certain number [sc. of organ pipes] have a tongue of metal like that of a toy trumpet, vibrating against the open (or partially open) side of a little brass tube (called eschallot or shallot) at the bottom of the pipe.., and these are called Reed Stops. 1969J. Curnutt tr. Andersen's Organ Building & Design iii. 51 The shallot..consists of a tube which is closed at the lower end and planed flat on one side so that a throat-shaped opening is produced. |