the style of a spoon or fork with a violin-shaped handle
fiddle pattern in American English
noun
a pattern of spoon or fork having a handle that narrows abruptly from a broad, flat upper part and terminates with a pronounced shoulder above the bowl or tines
Word origin
[1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, daisy chain, hot plate, hybridize, placement