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‖ roussette|ruːˈsɛt| [F., a derivative of OF. rous (F. roux) red.] 1. The frugivorus bat, Pteropus vulgaris.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. 473 Of foreign bats, the largest we have any certain accounts of, is the Roussette, or the Great Bat of Madagascar. 1781Pennant Hist. Quadrup. II. 550 Many of the Roussettes are of an enormous size. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 184/1 The common roussette.., which inhabits Madagascar and the Isle of France. 1839Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. I. 70/2 Some of the Cheiroptera, such as the Roussette Bats. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXIII. 670/2 [The] Edible Roussette is the largest of the genus. 2. A shark of the family Scylliidæ.
1882Jordan & Gilbert Synop. Fishes N. Amer. 58 Scylliidæ (The Roussettes). 3. A white wine produced primarily in the French departments of Savoy and Jura.
1926P. M. Shand Bk. of Wine v. 171 Frangy and Digny-Musièges belong to the more or less immediate neighbourhood of Seyssel, as does also a good, rusty⁓coloured wine called Roussette, named after the informing grape of the Savoy vineyards. 1946G. Millar Horned Pigeon xx. 309 With the fondue we drank Roussette, an excellent local white wine which was then new to me. 1967A. Lichine Encycl. Wines 459/1 Roussette, the principal wine of Seyssel, in Haute-Savoie, France. It is white, flinty-dry, and made from Roussette grapes. 1968Vogue 15 Apr. 121/1 To the South of the Jura lie the vineyards of the Savoy. Both red and white wines are grown, but it is the latter that are worth looking for, especially seyssel and..crépy and roussette. |