gobbet

[gob-it]

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noun

a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh.

a lump or mass.

Origin of gobbet

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

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Related Words for gobbet

slice, wafer, wedge, notch, fragment, scratch, scrap, flake, dent, nick, part, sliver, paring, shaving

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Historical Examples of gobbet

And a gobbet we have received of the civil laws, because of the equity that seemeth to be in them.
Against War
Erasmus
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.
The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660
David Masson
And now he had bitten off a piece of them, together with a gobbet of my own flesh.
The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere
Charles de Coster

British Dictionary definitions for gobbet

gobbet

noun

a chunk, lump, or fragment, esp of raw meat

Word Origin for gobbet

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

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Word Origin and History for gobbet

late 13c., "a fragment," from Old French gobet "piece, mouthful," diminutive of gobe (see gob).