▪ I. ‖ boudin
(budɛ̃)
[Fr.]
A blood-sausage, a black pudding; also, force-meat shaped like a sausage. Also white boudin [Fr. boudin blanc], a white pudding.
| 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xiii. 279 Small mushrooms..stewed quite tender in butter may be mixed with the boudin after it is taken from the mortar. 1861 Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 472 Boudins of a long shape, the size of the dish they are intended to be served on. 1947 M. Lowry Under Volcano i. 25 Puddings known as black or blood puddings..boudin, don't you know, Jacques. 1967 C. Durrell tr. R. Oliver's French at Table viii. 316 The hors d'œuvre..were..solid stuff: sausage, white boudin, truffled pasties. |
▪ II. boudin
var. bolden ppl. a. Sc. Obs. swollen.