Besauce

/bɪˈsɔːs/ verb

Definition

To pour sauce over something; to cover or coat with sauce.

Etymology

From be- (prefix to coat or cover with) combined with sauce; this is an obsolete or dialect verb from Middle English formation patterns.

Kelly Says

You can still find this word in old English cookbooks and recipes, which makes it one of those wonderfully specific culinary verbs that languages create and then abandon when simpler phrases work better.

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