galantine

(gal′ən tēn′)

noun

a mold of boned, seasoned, boiled white meat, as chicken or veal, chilled and served in its own jelly or with aspic

Origin: ME galentine < OFr < ML galatina, jelly < L gelata, fem. pp. of gelare: see gelatin

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noun

A dish of boned, stuffed meat or fish that is poached and served cold coated with aspic.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English galauntine, a kind of sauce

Origin: , from Old French galatine, galentine, aspic, fish sauce

Origin: , from Medieval Latin galentīnum

Origin: , probably ultimately from gelāta, jelly

Origin: , from feminine past participle of Latin gelāre, to freeze, coagulate; see gelatin

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