gobbet

[ gob-it ]
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noun
  1. a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh.

  2. a lump or mass.

Origin of gobbet

1
1275–1325; Middle English gobet<Old French: a mouthful, diminutive of gobe.See -et

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How to use gobbet in a sentence

  • Our table is said to be such as would weary or revolt any but gobbet-bolting carnivores.

  • She used those very words, without a blink, and Pignaver swallowed the flattery as a dog bolts a gobbet of meat.

    Stradella | F(rancis) Marion Crawford
  • Colonel gobbet was not allowed to enter Scotland, but was seized at Berwick and put in prison.

  • He picked them up in his hands, disregarding the butchered ends of the raw gobbet.

    Gladiator | Philip Wylie
  • And a gobbet we have received of the civil laws, because of the equity that seemeth to be in them.

    Against War | Erasmus

British Dictionary definitions for gobbet

gobbet

/ (ˈɡɒbɪt) /


noun
  1. a chunk, lump, or fragment, esp of raw meat

Origin of gobbet

1
C14: from Old French gobet, from gober to gulp down

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