Category: Wine

CHARCUTERIE: WEDNESDAY'S WORD OF THE WEEK

6/16/2021

Ever wonder whether it's a Rococo or Régence? Louis XV or Louis Philippe? A Bergère or Fauteuil? Each week, we will highlight a word, term, or phrase to help identify antique furniture, periods, and styles.

CHARCUTERIE
char·cu·te·rie [ shahr-koo-tuh-ree, shahr-koo-tuh-ree; French shar-kytuh-ree ]
noun, plural char·ct·te·ries [shahr-koo-tuh-reez, shahr-koo-tuh-reez; French shar-kytuh-ree]
1. cooked, processed, or cured cold meats and meat products, originally and typically pork products, as sausages, pâtés, hams, etc.
2. a store where these products are sold.
Origin: 1855–60; <French; Middle French chaircuterie, equivalent to chaircut(ier) charcutier + -erie-ery

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RAFRAÎCHISSOIR: WEDNESDAY'S WORD OF THE WEEK

5/4/2020

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RAFRAÎCHISSOIR
ra·fraî·chis·soir [ra-fre-shee-swar]
noun [ra-fre-shee-swar]
1. a table of the 18th century having a cooler for bottles and shelves for plates so that occupants of a room may self-serve themselves libations without outside interruption.
Origin: < French, literally refresher

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