Definition of "julienne"

julienne

noun
plural juliennes
1. (cooking) A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
  Quotations
  I compose a Julienne of carrots, leeks, turnips, sorrel, French beans, celery, green peas, &c. These I prepare in the ordinary way, which consists in cutting the carrots, turnips, leeks, French beans and celery into small pieces, either round or long.
  1812, M. Appert, anonymous translator, The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances, translation of original in French
verb
third-person singular simple present juliennes, present participle julienning, simple past and past participle julienned
1. (transitive) To prepare by cutting in this way.