soubise

[ soo-beez ]

/ suˈbiz /

a brown or white sauce containing strained or puréed onions and served with meat.

Also called soubise sauce.

Origin of soubise

1770–80; < French, named after Prince Charles Soubise (1715–87), marshal of France

Soubise and I huddled close together, trying to keep each other warm.

My Double Life |Sarah Bernhardt
Soubise and the indefatigable chancellor made a last attempt.

History of the Rise of the Huguenots |Henry Baird
Soubise sought to restore the battle by cavalry charges, but he was crushed in his turn.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
Soubise may oppose, Madame de Chevreuse may oppose; but their opposition is nothing.

Lord Montagu's Page |G. P. R. James

The ghost of the Prince of Soubise, who commissioned them, may haunt his palace, but his kin know the place no longer.

Boucher |Haldane Macfall

soubise

/ (suːˈbiːz) /

a purée of onions mixed into a thick white sauce and served over eggs, fish, etc Also called: soubise sauce

C18: named after Charles de Rohan Soubise (1715–87), marshal of France