the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See pilau.
Word Usage
"As she spoke, an old slave placed on the table a dish called pillau, made of rice and meat, which is a great favourite among people in the East, and setting down glasses of sherbet before each person, left the room quietly."