Crossword clues for matelote
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Matelote \Mat"e*lote\ (m[a^]t"[-e]*l[=o]t), Matelotte \Mat"e*lotte\ (m[a^]t"[-e]*l[o^]t), n. [F. matelote, fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors prepare.]
A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.
An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like a hornpipe.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A stew made primarily with fish and wine. 2 An old sailors' dance in double time, somewhat like a hornpipe.
WordNet
n. highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel, carp, perch) with wine and stock
Usage examples of "matelote".
Prepare according to directions given for Matelote of Blackfish, using white wine instead of Claret.
I have been offered glasses of brandy and liqueur, fried fish, matelotes, to make me tell.
Two serving-maids, named Matelote and Gibelotte, and who had never been known by any other names, helped Mame Hucheloup to set on the tables the jugs of poor wine, and the various broths which were served to the hungry patrons in earthenware bowls.
In the billiard-hall, Mame Hucheloup, Matelote, and Gibelotte, variously modified by terror, which had stupefied one, rendered another breathless, and roused the third, were tearing up old dish-cloths and making lint.