Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A leg of mutton, lamb, or veal for cooking.
- noun A leg-of-mutton sleeve.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A leg of mutton.
- A small piece of flesh; a small piece of anything. Also giggot, gigget.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A leg of mutton.
- noun obsolete A small piece of flesh; a slice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
leg oflamb ormutton when used forcooking
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lamb leg suitable for roasting
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The monkfish tail is a large piece of meat, lending to its nickname in Scotland as "gigot," as in a leg of lamb.
Archive 2009-08-01 Shaun 2009
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The monkfish tail is a large piece of meat, lending to its nickname in Scotland as "gigot," as in a leg of lamb.
Roast Tail of Monkfish with Orange Sauce Shaun 2009
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"The gigot is the handsomest and most valuable part of the carcass, and on that account fetches the highest price.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Various
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The menu, which changes at the turn of each season, focuses on the culinary - and mostly carnivorous - treasures of Gascony, a former province in the southwest of France: this is your chance to enjoy Quercy lamb (the name of the restaurant, roughly pronouced as jee-go, is a play on the word gigot, meaning leg of lamb, Bigorre black pork, or Gers poultry in generous, well-executed dishes ...
In Paris, Mastering the Art of Meg Zimbeck 2008
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The cassoulet was perhaps a trifle salty tonight, and the gigot à la cuillère…
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The tartine de gigot d'agneu is prepared with a leg of lamb, herbed goat cheese, arugula, tapenade and rosemary jus.
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The cassoulet was perhaps a trifle salty tonight, and the gigot à la cuillère…
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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The cassoulet was perhaps a trifle salty tonight, and the gigot à la cuillère…
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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I'd leave the gigot farci en croute for another time, and stick to dishes you can easily figure out.
Chris Hall: Valentine's Cooking 101: How to Seal the Deal 2009
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There are useful tips on food preparation peppered throughout the book and strange ones, like illustrated hints on preparing a gigot - leg of lamb - which I know is because this cut is a fave in traditional French cookery, but what about the rest?
Archive 2008-06-01 Shaun 2008
chained_bear commented on the word gigot
A leg of mutton, or a leg-of-mutton sleeve. I had no idea there was a single word for either of these. Thanks sionnach!
Etym. acc. to American Heritage Dictionary: French, from Old French, diminutive of gigue, fiddle, from Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga.
October 28, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word gigot
Giggety.
April 19, 2011