Civey
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪvi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Civey is a noun meaning (archaic) A kind of chive sauce served with game or seafood.
Meaning
(archaic) A kind of chive sauce served with game or seafood.
Example Sentences
White leeks, beef pasties, ducks and chines, hares and coneys in civey, a geneste (p. 174) of larks, great joints.
Were there served, as in former times, a wine of Grenache and roasts, veal pasties, pimpernel pasties, black pudding and sausages, hares in civey and cutlets, pea soup, salt meat and great joints, a soringue of eels and other fish.
In the kitchens the famous cooks were preparing menus which included, for one course alone: ballock broth, caudle ferry, lampreys en gelatine, oysters in civey, eels in sorré, baked trout, brawn in mustard, numbles of a hart, pigs farsed [...].
Word Forms
- civy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include civy, cive, chive, cebiche, chivachie, chivache.
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