hogget

[ hog-it ]

nounBritish.

Origin of hogget

1
1300–50; Middle English. See hog, -et

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How to use hogget in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for hogget

hogget

/ (ˈhɒɡɪt) /


nounBritish dialect, Australian and NZ
  1. a sheep up to the age of one year that has yet to be sheared

  2. the meat of this sheep

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