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rocambole|ˈrɒkəmbəʊl|
Forms: 7 roccombo, rockamboy (?); 8 rockenbole, rockanbowl; rocambol, rockam-, rocombole; 8–9 rocambole.
[a. F. rocambole, of obscure origin: hence also G. dial. rockenboll(e, -polle, which has by some been regarded as the source of the F. word.]
1. A species of leek (Allium Scorodoprasum) indigenous to Northern Europe, used as a seasoning for dishes; Spanish garlic, sand-leek.
1698M. Lister Journ. Paris (1699) 150 Also Leeks, Rockamboy, and Shallots are here in great use. 1699Evelyn Acetaria 28 A light touch on the dish, much better supply'd by the gentler Roccombo. 1709W. King Cookery 336 Where rocombole, shallot, and the rank garlic grow. 1786Abercrombie Arr. in Gard. Assist. p. ix, Some [are raised] by small bulbs at top of the stalks, as rocambole and tree onion. c1820Edin. Encycl. XI. 264 The Rocambole..is a perennial plant, indigenous to Sweden and Denmark. 1855Delamer Kitch. Gard. (1861) 48 Rocambole produces bulbs on the top of its stem, and in the axillæ of its leaves. 1882Garden 11 Nov. 425/2 Rocambole..is a mild form of Garlic.
attrib.1699Evelyn Acetaria App. P. 4, Adding to the Spice some Roccombo-Seeds. 1766Anstey Bath Guide (ed. 3) 91 Puffs his vile Rocambol Breath in her Face. 1793Woodville Med. Bot. III. 459 Rocambole Garlick.
b. fig. That which gives flavour or piquancy.
1702Vanbrugh False Friend i. i, Difficulties are the Rocombolle of Love; I never valu'd an easy conquest in my life.
2. A plant of this, or the edible portion of one. (See also quot. 1716.)
1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 163 Rocamboles are a sort of wild Garlick, otherwise called Spanish Garlick. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 349 Which Heads [of leeks] some call Rockenboles, tho' others say that the Cluster of the Cloves of Garlick is the proper Rockanbowl. 1863Life Normandy II. 60 A very small quantity of herbs—..chives and rocamboles—were put into a flat plan. |