[bisque] n [F] (1647) 1 a: a thick cream soup made with shellfish or game b: a cream soup of pureed vegetables
2: ice cream containing powdered nuts or macaroons
[2]bisque n [F] (ca. 1656): odds allowed an inferior player: as a: a point taken when desired in a set of tennis b: an extra turn in croquet c: one or more strokes off a golf score [3]bisque n [by shortening & alter.] (1664): biscuit 2; esp: unglazed china that is not to be glazed but is hard-fired and vitreous