quenouille noun2 •The distaff- or cone-like shape of a tree that has been subjected to quenouille training.We had now an opportunity of seeing both pyramidal and quenouille trees, properly so called: they differ so slightly, that it is little wonder the terms should generally be considered as convertible. — 1823 •A tree trained to grow in this shape, the shape of a cone. formsquenouilles
