■ noun Brit. a compressed mixture of meat and spices, coated in breadcrumbs and fried.
Origin
C18: from Fr., from OFr. dialect ruissole , from a feminine form of late L. russeolus 'reddish'.
■ noun Brit. a compressed mixture of meat and spices, coated in breadcrumbs and fried.
Origin
C18: from Fr., from OFr. dialect ruissole , from a feminine form of late L. russeolus 'reddish'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004