panade

English

Noun

panade (plural panades)

1. (obsolete) A dagger.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?) ("Ay by his belt he baar a long panade" Modern english translation: "And on his belt he bore a long panade" from line 9 from "The Reves Tale" in the Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer, Bantam Classic edition)

2. Alternative form of panada. (paste made with bread)

French

Etymology

From Provençal panada

Noun

panade f (plural panades)

1. A soup boiled in water from bread, butter, sometimes also egg yolk and milk
2. A paste, typically made of milk and bread
3. (figuratively) A state or experience of misery, poverty

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition