In cooking, a thin sheet of pastry or dough rolled flat and used as a base for pies or tarts.
From French abaisse, feminine past participle of abaisser (to lower), because the dough is flattened or 'lowered' by rolling.
Chefs use this French word because pastry-making was perfected in France—it's literally the 'lowered' dough that forms your pie's foundation!
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