Coquille (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural co·quilles [koh-keelz; French kaw-kee-yuh]. /koʊˈkilz; French kɔˌki yə/.
  1. any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
  2. the cooking utensil for baking such dishes, usually a scallop shell or small casserole resembling a shell.
  3. a cooking utensil, filled with charcoal, for roasting meat on a spit.
  4. the shell of an escargot.
noun
  1. any dish, esp seafood, served in a scallop shell
  2. a scallop shell, or dish resembling a shell
  3. a bell-shaped hand guard on a foil
Coquille (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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