2. a gem, especially a diamond, cut in a long rectangular shape: "a baguette diamond"
3. a small moulding, semicircular in section.
4. a slim, rectangular handbag with a short strap.
Word Originearly 18th century (in baguette (sense 3)): from French, from Italian bacchetto, diminutive of bacchio, from Latin baculum ‘staff’. baguette (sense 1 and sense 2) date from the 20th century.