roulade
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Etymology [edit]
From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler.
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Noun [edit]
roulade (plural roulades)
- (music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 71:
- He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 71:
- A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.
