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Definition of Ragout
1. Noun. Well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables.
Definition of Ragout
1. n. A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Definition of Ragout
1. Noun. a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) any stew, soup, or sauce ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ragout
1. to make into a highly seasoned stew [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragout
Literary usage of Ragout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"Hessian Soup and ragout. Clean the root of a neat's tongue very nicely, and half
an ox's head, ... This way furnishes an excellent soup and a ragout at ..."
2. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"Elephant ragout.— Alvez dodges Me.— Compelled to follow Him. ... certain it was
that I never again ventured on another mouthful of elephant ragout. ..."
3. Virginia Cookery-book by Mary Stuart Smith (1912)
"ragout of Oysters and Mushrooms.—A ragout of Mushrooms.—Mushrooms with Cream.
—Mushrooms with White Sauce. ..."
4. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"... better versed in gastronomy than I to appreciate its peculiar flavor, certain
it was that I never again ventured on another mouthful of elephant ragout. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Offerings to the gods were not forgotten, however, and these were thrown into
the hearth. served on asparagus, fat fowls, a ragout of oysters and other ..."
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