Gigot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gigot is a noun meaning (cooking) A leg of lamb or mutton.
Meaning
(cooking) A leg of lamb or mutton.
More Meanings
- (fashion) Ellipsis of gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”).
Example Sentences
Guard, Treaſon, treaſon, treaſon. / Boatſ[wain]. Cut the ſlaevs to giggets.
You muſt have Hind-Quarters very large, and cut Jigget Faſhion, that is a Piece of Loin with it; […]
Among the dainties which he [Henry VIII of England] relished, were giggots of mutton or venison, stopped with cloves; […]
A jiggot of mutton is the leg with part of the loin; provide ſuch a one as has been killed two or three days at leaſt, thump it well, and bind it with packthread; […]
Word Forms
- gigots
- gigget
- giggot
Related Words
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