Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🧻 A cloth or dish 🧵 A lace style
torchon

torchon

9.9
A coarse cloth used for cleaning or for wrapping food like foie gras
  • noun
  • /ˈtɔrʃɒn/
translation icon : trapo
  • She wiped the counter with a clean torchon after cooking dinner.
  • torchon of foie

Examples

  • She used a clean torchon to wipe the table.

  • The chef recommended using a torchon for the delicate dish.

  • The chef prepared a torchon of foie gras for the appetizer.

  • In French cuisine, a torchon can refer to both a kitchen cloth and a style of food preparation.

  • The chef prepared a delicious torchon of foie gras wrapped in a cloth for the dinner service.

  • At the restaurant, I ordered a torchon made with perfectly poached duck liver.

  • For the main course, they served a torchon alongside a delicate sauce and seasonal vegetables.

Synonyms

linen
vstorchon
111 1.0

A strong cloth made from flax used for sheets and tablecloths

is a specific coarse cleaning cloth or a wrapped poached dish

Surface Forms

torchon singular
torchons plural

Etymology

Torchon comes from French and originally meant a rough 'cloth' used for wiping; it is related to the French verb torcher, 'to wipe' or 'to wring', from an older root meaning 'to twist'. So a torchon is a dishcloth, and the same name is used for food that is tightly wrapped in cloth for cooking.