Definition of Roulade

1. Noun. A dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked.

Generic synonyms: Dish

2. Noun. (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable.
Category relationships: Music
Generic synonyms: Air, Line, Melodic Line, Melodic Phrase, Melody, Strain, Tune

Definition of Roulade

1. n. A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.

Definition of Roulade

1. Noun. (music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable. ¹

2. Noun. A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roulade

1. a musical embellishment [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roulade

roughspun
roughstrings
rought
roughtail
roughtail stingray
roughtails
roughwork
roughworked
roughworking
roughy
rouging
rouille
rouilles
roukoop
roul
roulade (current term)
roulades
roule
rouleau
rouleaus
rouleaux
rouleaux formation
roules
roulette
roulette ball
roulette wheel
rouletted
roulettelike
roulettes
rouletting

Literary usage of Roulade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mimes and Rhymes by Arthur Compton-Rickett (1901)
"A JOURNALISTIC roulade (a) NOT THE ONLY ' WA' I MUST admit to a feeling of surprise that more notice should not have been taken of a most remarkable ..."

2. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"Veal roulade.—Remove the bones, kidney, and fat from a loin of veal weighing about 9 or 10 pounds; season with 1 table- spoonful seasoning salt; ..."

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