baguette Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun narrow French stick loaf
    baguet.

WordNet

Ba*guet", Ba*guette" noun (Also<
  • Baguet
  • Baguette
)
Etymology
F. baguette, prop. a rod It. bacchetta, fr. L. baculum, baculu stick, staff.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
  2. (Zoöl) One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

Webster 1913