roulade

[ roo-lahd ]

/ ruˈlɑd /

a musical embellishment consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to a single syllable.

a slice of meat rolled around a filling of minced meat and cooked.

Origin of roulade

1700–10; < French: a rolling, equivalent to roul(er) to roll + -ade -ade¹

On another, she was coyly turning her head as she finished a roulade, and seemed to be listening to herself.

Sarrasine |Honore de Balzac
The inspector rose and approached the door through which Clementi's roulade was heard.

The Awakening |Leo Nikoleyevich Tolstoy
With a roulade the brindisi had ceased and the singer as though pleased, not with herself but with the audience, bowed.

The Paliser case |Edgar Saltus
But there is a specific note of individuality, a roulade quite Anatolian in the Frenchman's writings.

Egoists |James Huneker

In every school of singing the roulade is effected by means of the staccato and legato.

Delsarte System of Oratory |Various

roulade

/ (ruːˈlɑːd) /

a slice of meat rolled, esp around a stuffing, and cooked

an elaborate run in vocal music

C18: from French, literally: a rolling, from rouler to roll