‖ rigatoni, n. pl.
(rigaˈtoni)
(Also used as sing.)
[It., f. rigato pa. pple. of rigare to draw a line, to make fluting.]
Short hollow tubes of pasta in fluted form; a dish of this pasta.
| 1930 H. Burke Cookery Bk. 100 ‘Rigattoni’ is the Italian name for a special kind of macaroni which comes in short thick tubes. 1958 Catal. County Stores, Taunton June 17 Naples Macaroni... Cut—Millenghe, Rigatoni, Cannelloni—a lb. 1/4. 1962 Punch 25 July 129/1 Capellini,..rigatoni, tagliatini, noodles and a hundred other traditional shapes [of pasta]. 1967 A. Bailey in L. Deighton London Dossier 56 A plate of really excellent spaghetti, rigatoni, tagliatelli or ravioli. 1976 Times 10 July 10/7 Home-made cannelloni or rigatoni with mussels, are other first courses worth trying. |