Batterie de cuisine
kitchen utensils.
Historical Examples
And yet, a housewife’s batterie de cuisine was of the simplest.
The Mother of Washington and Her Times Sara Agnes Rice Pryor
Your friend Benoit has already sent his batterie de cuisine, and a quantity of preserved provisions.
Soyer’s Culinary Campaign Alexis Soyer
How can public virtue keep its ground against such a rush of the raw material, covered by such a batterie de cuisine?
The Gastronomic Regenerator: Alexis Soyer
We had two fourgons to hold the batterie de cuisine and our six beds, which had to be unpacked and made up every night.
Seeing and Hearing George W. E. Russell
You would have imagined they had been born scullions, they handled the batterie de cuisine so naturally.
Devereux, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
noun
cooking utensils collectively; pots and pans, etc
noun
lit. set of equipment for the kitchen; the utensils and other equipment used for preparing or serving a meal
Word Origin
F.
Usage Note
cooking
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