/kal zoh"nay, -nee, -zohn"/ ; It. /kahl zaw"ne/ , n. Italian Cookery.
a turnover made of pizza dough, usually containing cheese, prosciutto, and herbs or garlic and either baked or fried.
[ 1945-50; calzoni (pl.) trousers), masc. aug. of calza stocking calcea, for L calceus shoe, deriv. of calx heel ]