galantine — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A spiced, thickened sauce served with fish or poultry.

   Usage

   • Historical

   Examples

   ‘Have some galantine. I'm going to. Your sole's cold.’

2. A dish of boned, often stuffed meat (or fish) that has been boiled, and is served cold with its jelly.

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   Of how many creams, jellies, salads, peaches, white soups, grapes, pates, galantines, cups of tea, champagne, and so forth, Lady Clavering partook, it does not become us to say.

   By nine o’clock plates of food were displayed for sale at prices ranging from three to five sous, their contents comprising slices of meat, scraps of game, heads and tails of fishes, bits of galantine, stray vegetables, and, by way of dessert, cakes scarcely cut into, and other confectionery.

   Canapes of many kinds, galantines to be scooped or carved, cheese and onions, no Worcestershire sauce.

Noun

1. boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold

   Broader terms

   dish