Colloped
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of collop form-of, participle, past
- 1 Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.
"Then dressed in solemn black, the respected Grand-ma of the Bridegroom, who was in such a fever to see the Bride, came stepping mincingly along the floor, glancing from side to side with an amiable look that ruffled the yellowish flesh of her colloped cheeks ."
- 2 Having been cut into collops (thin slices).
"Cut some breast of cooked turkey, capon or fowl into need collops, add an equal amount of cooked and colloped sweetbread and some sliced truffles and mushrooms, and blend with German sauce."
Example
More examples"Then dressed in solemn black, the respected Grand-ma of the Bridegroom, who was in such a fever to see the Bride, came stepping mincingly along the floor, glancing from side to side with an amiable look that ruffled the yellowish flesh of her colloped cheeks ."
Etymology
From collop + -ed.
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