bâtonnet

noun

bât·​on·​net ˌba-tə-ˈnā 

variants or batonnet

plural bâtonnets or batonnets

food

: baton entry 1 sense 7c

… cut vegetables into bâtonnets …

—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 24 Sept. 2001

… effortlessly turning zucchini into thin, 2-inch long batonnets …

—James P. DeWan, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2003

From his kitchen come the most delicate batonnets of floured, deep-fried eggplant …

—Gerry Shikatani, Globe and Mail (Canada), 3 Mar. 2004

—often used before another noun

batonnet root vegetables

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, "small stick," going back to Old French bastonet, bastounet, diminutive of baston "stick, rod"

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

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