coquille.
A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
Meaning & usage
A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
A scallop shell or a dish shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.
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