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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French écuelle. Doublet of scuttle and scutella.
Noun
écuelle (plural écuelles)
- A two-handled bowl for soup or porridge.
Verb
écuelle (third-person singular simple present écuelles, present participle écuelling, simple past and past participle écuelled)
- (transitive) To rub the surface of (fruit) in a bowl to extract essential oil
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French escuele, from Latin scutella (in Vulgar Latin influenced by scūtum), diminutive of Latin scutra.
Pronunciation
Noun
écuelle f (plural écuelles)
- bowl
- bowlful
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