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gavage
[ guh-vahzh; French ga-vazh ]
/ gəˈvɑʒ; French gaˈvaʒ /
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noun
forced feeding, as by a flexible tube and a force pump.
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Origin of gavage
1885–90; <French, equivalent to gav(er) to stuff (Old French (dial.) gave gullet, throat) + -age-age
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How to use gavage in a sentence
To that end, the controversial technique of gavage, which entails forcibly cramming food into the mouths of geese and ducks, dates from circa 2500 BC.
British Dictionary definitions for gavage
gavage
/ (ˈɡævɑːʒ) /
noun
forced feeding by means of a tube inserted into the stomach through the mouth
Word Origin for gavage
C19: from French, from gaver, from Old French (dialect) gave throat
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