maigre : Idioms & Phrases


Maigre food

  • (R. C. Ch.), food allowed to be eaten on fast days.
Webster 1913

soupe-maigre

Soupe`-mai"gre noun
Etymology
F.
Definitions
  1. (Cookery) Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
Webster 1913