French rolln.

1652 G. Fidge Great Eater Grayes-Inne 34 Is there no Bread to set on the Table, Sir, said the servant; I brought six french Roules up and set them on the board.

1670 H. Wolley Queen-like Closet 186 (heading) To make Almond Puddings with French Rolls or Naples Biskets.

1737 Compl. Family-piece (ed. 2) i. ii. 98 Toast a whole French Roll, and put in the Middle of your Dish, and pour your Soop over it.

1774 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 95 Take a small French roll toasted brown on all sides, and put it into the sauce-pan.

1802 tr. C. A. Fischer Trav. Spain 129 Here for the first time the dinner was served by portions, and french rolls and liqueur-wines (vinos generosos) could be had.

1835 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 1st Ser. I. 329 Cold beef, roast and boiled, French rolls.

1863 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. (new ed.) v. 60 A pint of asparagus-tops cut small, the crust of 1 French roll, seasoning to taste.

1975 M. Coyle Root in A. H. Ballet Playwrights for Tomorrow XII. 53 One tuna fish sandwich on a French roll.

2000 B. Geddes World Food: Mexico 53 Smaller french rolls, called zeplines, are also made into sandwiches.

1910 Smith Coll. Monthly June 563 Our hair was done in a French roll, an introspective method, as if a few stray curls had suddenly been seized with a desire to know what was going on in the brain.

1915 E. Ferber Emma McChesney & Co v. 168 ‘Your hair!’ Myrtle's hand went vaguely to her head. ‘I can't have you wear it that way.’ ‘Why, this is the French roll!’ protested Myrtle.

1920 E. Lloyd Special Lessons National School Cosmeticians 34 A large French Roll..very high at the back of the neck is very unbecoming to the long features or the extremely prominent nose.

1962 in R. Corson Fashions in Hair (1965) xii. 630 The bouffant, a hairdo filched from eighteenth-century France, whose tortured variations—mushroom flip, French twist, chemise, French roll..—began sprouting a few years back.

2001 Observer 3 June i. 21/1 You get a sense of the occasion's importance by checking out the hairdos. We've got micro braids, double twists, French rolls, China bumps, and sculpted extensions and weaves.