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fumet

noun

Etymology

Compare French fumier dung, Old French femier, from Latin fimum (“dung”). See fewmet.

  1. derived from fumus
  2. derived from fumet

Definitions

  1. A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour.…

    A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.

  2. A ragout of partridge and rabbit braised in wine.

  3. Alternative form of fumette (“stench or high flavour of meat”).

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The excretions of deer, or any Cervidae.

      • The next thing to be considered, is the Fumishing ; and this is to be judged of in April or May. If the Fumets be great, large and thick, they signify the Hart to be old.
      • When he cries he is said to bell; the print of his hoof is called the slot; his tail is called the single; his excrement the fumet; his horns are called his head; […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fumet. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA