Charlotte \Char"lotte\, n. [F.]

A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.

Charlotte Russe, or Charlotte [`a] la russe [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)