paillet
definition
Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of PAILLET, ETTE adj.
Epithete qu'on donne particulierement au vin, & aux liqueurs qui devroient estre rouges, & qui sont neanmoins pasles & claires. Les uns aiment le vin rosé de Beaune, les autres le vin paillet de Chablis.
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