It is a bread with an elongated and thin shape, with a dry crumb, more similar to a biscuit. It originates in Turin (Piedmont, Italy), where it is called by the Piedmontese name ghersin (an onomatopoeia of the crunching sound when biting). Depending on the country, it is known by different names such as breadstick, colin, palitroque, señorita, petit batons de Turin.