matelotte

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noun An old sailors' dance, in duple rhythm, similar to the hornpipe. The dancers wore wooden shoes and had their arms intertwined behind their backs.

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Puree of green peas, soup; Stewed sturgeon, matelotte sauce;

Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. Sarah Annie Frost
a whiting, that chicken of the ocean, was not a signal for a panegyric of the darker attraction of a _matelotte à la royale_.

The Young Duke Benjamin Disraeli 1842