Sheepflesh

Quick meaning: Sheepflesh is a noun meaning The meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.

Meaning

The meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.

Example Sentences

Everybody wore home-made clothing; and that wool might not become scarce, the use of sheepflesh, for food, was discouraged.

The sheep were a solid lump of woolly sheepflesh, swirling, and though Penny tried to separate them, they were like commuters jammed in a subway car, nothing could break them apart.

SILENUS It's each man by and for himself. There is no govermnent. ODYSSEUS Is Demeter respected here? I mean, do they plant grain? What do they live on? SILENUS Curds and whey and sheepflesh, sir.

Sheep and goat wines are directed to be prepared in the following' manner: Take ten catties (i catty — i \ lb.) of soaked rice, seven catties of goat or sheep flesh, fourteen onions, one Shan-tung cabbage, and a catty of almond kernels [...]

Word Forms

• sheep-flesh
• sheep flesh
• sheep's flesh

Synonyms for sheepflesh

Depending on context, synonyms include sheepmeat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sheepmeat, mutton, meat, merino, milt, mincemeat.

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