cutlet

cutlet

/ˈkʌtlət/

1. ​a thick slice of meat, especially lamb or pork (= meat from a pig), that is cooked and served with the bone still attached

2. (in compounds) pieces of meat, fish, vegetables, etc. that are cut up and pressed together into a flat piece, covered with breadcrumbs and cooked

nut cutlets

Word Origin

early 18th cent.: from French côtelette, earlier costelette, diminutive of coste ‘rib’, from Latin costa.