écuelle

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French écuelle. Doublet of scuttle and scutella.

Noun[edit]

écuelle (plural écuelles)

  1. A two-handled bowl for soup or porridge.

Verb[edit]

écuelle (third-person singular simple present écuelles, present participle écuelling, simple past and past participle écuelled)

  1. (transitive) To rub the surface of (fruit) in a bowl to extract essential oil

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French escuele, from Latin scutella (in Vulgar Latin influenced by scūtum), diminutive of Latin scutra.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

écuelle f (plural écuelles)

  1. bowl
  2. bowlful

Further reading[edit]