PICCATA


Meaning of PICCATA in English

/pi kah"teuh/ ; It. /peek kah"tah/ , adj. Italian Cookery.

cooked, served, or sauced with lemon and parsley: veal piccata.

[ piqué, ptp. of piquer to lard (meat), attach (ingredients) by pricking or puncturing, lit., to prick; see PIQUE 1 , -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .