gigot

American  

[jig-uht, zhee-goh] / ˈdʒɪg ət, ʒiˈgoʊ /

noun

1. a leg-of-mutton sleeve.

2. a leg of lamb or mutton.

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gigot British  

/ ˈʒiːɡəʊ, ˈdʒɪɡət /

noun

1. a leg of lamb or mutton

2. a leg-of-mutton sleeve

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Etymology

Origin of gigot

1520–30; < Middle French, apparently diminutive of gigue fiddle (< Germanic; compare Old High German gîga kind of fiddle ( German Geige ), gig ³ ), so called in allusion to its shape

Example Sentences

BOW, Skagit County — The French word gigot translates to a leg of lamb, a revelation that amused a live Bellingham radio audience at a February event featuring Washington poet and sheep farmer Jessica Gigot.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

In France, gigot d’agneau — leg of lamb — is, well, de rigueur for a proper Easter meal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

I entered into a world of finding common ground and of sharing: the street’s history, the personal stories, advice about how to cook the perfect gigot d’agneau or how to rid an apartment of mice.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2015

Twice a day you will turn the gigot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bachelor fare, you know—brace of fowls and a gigot, a glass of that Chambertin you so highly approve, and a little chicken hazard afterwards.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert