ROTISSERIE

I. noun see: roast Date: circa 1920 a restaurant specializing in broiled and barbecued meats, an appliance fitted with a spit on which food is rotated before or over a source of heat, II. adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: from La Rotisserie Française, restaurant in New York City where a group of fans began the organization of a fantasy baseball league in 1979 Date: 1980 of, relating to, or being a sports league consisting of imaginary teams whose performance is based on the statistics of actual players