A stew typically made of beef braised with beer and onions, and associated with Belgium.
In early use perhaps: a dish of grilled meat..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Stanley (1625–1678), poet and classical scholar. From French carbonade, carbonnade from either Old Occitan carbonado or Italian carbonata.
carbonade2
/ˌkɑːbəˈnɑːd//ˌkɑːbəˈneɪd/
Now rare
verb
[with object]= carbonado.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Herbert. Apparently a variant of carbonado, although compare later carbonade.