Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Matelote \Mat"e*lote\, Matelotte \Mat"e*lotte\, n. [F. matelote,
fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors
prepare.]
1. A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served
with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc.
2. An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like
a hornpipe.
Matelote \Mat"e*lote\ (m[a^]t"[-e]*l[=o]t), n. [F., fr. matelot
a sailor; properly, a dish such as sailors prepare.]
A dish of food composed of many kinds of fish.
Source : WordNet®
matelote
n : highly seasoned soup or stew made of freshwater fishes (eel,
carp, perch) with wine and stock