gigot
[ jig-uht, zhee-goh ]
noun
a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
a leg of lamb or mutton.
Origin of gigot
11520–30; <Middle French, apparently diminutive of gigue fiddle (<Germanic; compare Old High German gîga kind of fiddle (German Geige), gig3), so called in allusion to its shape
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British Dictionary definitions for gigot
gigot
/ (ˈʒiːɡəʊ, ˈdʒɪɡət) /
noun
a leg of lamb or mutton
a leg-of-mutton sleeve
Origin of gigot
1C16: from Old French: leg, a small fiddle, from gigue a fiddle, of Germanic origin
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