Associations to the word «Coquille»
Wiktionary
COQUILLE, noun. A dish (meal), especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
COQUILLE, noun. A scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
COQUILLE, noun. A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
Dictionary definition
COQUILLE, noun. Seafood served in a scallop shell.
COQUILLE, noun. A dish in the form of a scallop shell.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.