Also 9 compot. [a. F. compote:—OF. composte:—L. composta, composita, from compositus pa. pple.: see COMPOSITE, COMPOST. Analogous to sbs. in -ata, -ade, -ee.]
1. Fruit preserved in syrup.
1693. Evelyn, De la Quint. Compl. Gard., I. 91, marg. Compote, fruit stew’d in Sugar, after a manner peculiar to the French.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., I. 3 L ij/1. Cherries … put into Compotes, half Sugar and Conserves.
1883. Miss Braddon, Gold. Calf, xi. 139. He eats too many compots.
ǁ 2. A manner of preparing pigeons. [Fr.]
1769. Mrs. Raffald, Eng. Housekpr. (1778), 129. PIGEONS compote. Take six young pigeons, and skewer them as you do for boiling, put forcemeat into the craws, lard them down the breast, fry them brown, [etc.].
