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Definition of Prunelle
1. n. A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
Definition of Prunelle
1. a plum-flavored liqueur [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunelle
Literary usage of Prunelle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1854)
"Why will prunelle show such anxiety to prove he has forgotten the tailor, ...
My dear prunelle, you should not speak thus, for the Van Trumps are one of our ..."
2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"C'est un luron qui aime mieux deux anfs qu'une prune, he is a fellow who understands
bis interest, PRUNEAU, sm dried plum ; prune. prunelle, «. ..."
3. Elements of Physiology by Joh. Müller (1843)
"M. prunelle states that the arterial blood of the bat is less bright in colour
... In the bat, during hybernation, the heart beats, according to prunelle, ..."
4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Fused nitre in cakes or balls (because nitre is found as a white incrustation on
the ground). Prunella, prunelle. [Fr. prunelle, a sloe. ..."
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