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MOUSSELINE

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mousse⋅line

  [moos-leen]
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–noun
1. Also called Chantilly, Chantilly sauce. hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.
2. any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.
–adjective
3. prepared or served with whipped cream.
Origin:
< F: lit., muslin

mousse⋅line

  [moos-leen]
–noun French.
muslin.
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mousse·line   (mōōs-lēn')   
n.  

  1. A fine sheer fabric resembling muslin, originally made in Mosul, Iraq.

  2. A hollandaise sauce to which whipped cream has been added.

  3. An aspic containing whipped cream.


[French; see muslin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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