brulot
/bruːˈloʊ/
noun
- A type of strong, dark-roast coffee, often served with spices and flambéed with alcohol (such as brandy or rum), traditionally associated with New Orleans or French cuisine.
- She ordered a café brulot to warm up on the chilly New Orleans evening.
- After dinner, the waiter prepared a brulot tableside, igniting the brandy with a flourish.
- The recipe for brulot calls for cinnamon sticks, cloves, and orange peel steeped in hot coffee.
- A small, fast, fire-ship used historically in naval warfare, filled with combustibles and set adrift to ignite enemy vessels.
- The museum displayed a model of a brulot, showing its flammable cargo and grappling hooks.
- The admiral ordered a brulot to be launched toward the anchored enemy fleet.
- In the age of sail, a brulot could scatter a formation of warships with a single fiery attack.
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