Farcement
/ˈfɑːr.sə.mənt/noun
A medieval dish of stuffed meat or vegetables, especially in historical French and English cooking.
Did you know?Farcement comes from Old French and is tied to the same Latin root as “farce,” because both began with the idea of “stuffing” something full.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
farcire
“to stuff, cram, fill”
Old French
OF
farcir
“to stuff with filling”
Middle English
English
farcement
“a stuffed dish or forcemeat preparation”
Modern English
English
farcement
“an archaic term for a stuffed dish”