crapaudine

English

Etymology

French crapaudine

Noun

crapaudine (plural crapaudines)

1. (rare) The socket in which the pivot of a door turns.
2. (obsolete) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse.

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Usage notes

• Sometimes used to describe such a swing-door.

Adjective

chicken crapaudine

crapaudine (not comparable)

1. (cooking) Of a preparation for fowl and poultry, where the back is split apart and the bird is flattened down the breast, looking somewhat like a frog.

Coordinate terms

• chicken crapaudine
• flattened chicken

See also

• crapaud

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French

Etymology

crapaud +‎ -ine

Noun

crapaudine f (plural crapaudines)

1. Several types of precious stones
   1. toadstone

Adverb

poulet en crapaudine

crapaudine

1. (cooking) crapaudine

Coordinate terms

• poulet en crapaudine
• à la crapaudine

Descendants

• English: crapaudine