calf's-foot jelly

[ kavz-foot, kahvz-, kafs-, kahfs- ]

noun
  1. jelly made from the stock of boiled calves' feet.

Origin of calf's-foot jelly

1
First recorded in 1765–75

Words Nearby calf's-foot jelly

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British Dictionary definitions for calf's-foot jelly

calf's-foot jelly

noun
  1. a jelly made from the stock of boiled calves' feet and flavourings, formerly often served to invalids

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