0 a type of usually white bread in the form of a long, thin stick with a hard outer layer
1 a type of usually white bread in the form of a long, thin loaf with a hard crust (= outer layer)
She and Julia nibbled French bread, and played with their knives and forks while they waited.
They served us with delicious coffee and thick slices of French bread, for the very reasonable sum of twopence.
We often stopped there, when going up to the trenches, to buy loaves of delicious French bread.
