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bra⋅ci⋅o⋅la

[brah-chee-oh-luh, brah-choh-; It. brah-chaw-lah]
–noun, plural -las, -le [-ley; It. -le] . Italian Cookery.
a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.

Origin:
1940–45; < It: slice of meat roasted over coals, equiv. to brac(e) hot coal, ember (earlier bracia, bragia < Gmc; see braise ) + -iola n. suffix
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bra·ci·o·la   (brä'chē-ō'lə, brä-chō'-)   
n.  A thin slice of meat, usually wrapped around a stuffing and cooked with wine.

[Italian, probably from dialectal braṣola, from braṣa, glowing ember, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
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