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daube

[ dohb ]

noun

  1. a stew of braised meat, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings.
  2. the pot or casserole in which such a stew is cooked.


daube

/ dəʊb /

noun

  1. a braised meat stew


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Word History and Origins

Origin of daube1

1715–25; < French (spelling by association with dauber to daub ) < Italian dobba < Catalan ( a la ) adoba stewed, derivative of adobar to spice, originally to prepare, arrange, ultimately < Germanic *dubban to strike; dub 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of daube1

from French

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Example Sentences

This daube recipe is a perfect example of how I love to cook.

Daube, his opinion of Grotius's treatise of the rights of war and peace, 113.

It corresponds to the French daube and is prepared in Italy in many different ways.

They reached Lake Daube, whose broad, frozen surface extended to the bottom of the valley.

French a-la-mode beef, or beef a-la-daube, is prepared as above, but stewed slowly all night in lard.

Stewed beef is called also daube or braised beef, but it is the same.

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