French bread
nounEtymology From French + bread, from being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.
1
Informal, Usually Synonym of baguette: a long thin loaf of bread with a thick crust and often having large bubbles of air inside, popular in and associated with France.
2
Usually Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread: any of many types of bread made in France or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.
- Boule refers to the shape of the traditional French breads—puffed rustic rounds scored by the village baker.2016, Sarah Black, One Dough, Ten Breads: Making Great Bread by Hand, page 62: