gralloch
Britishnoun
-
the entrails of a deer
-
the act or an instance of disembowelling a deer killed in a hunt
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of gralloch
C19: from Scottish Gaelic grealach intestines
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Gralloch, Grallock, gral′ok, v.t. to disembowel.
From Project Gutenberg
Could they grapple with and gralloch a wounded red deer?
From Project Gutenberg
As the danger seemed averted, and there seemed no likelihood of its recurrence, most of the young Boers drew up around the fallen buffaloes, and dismounted to gralloch and skin them.
From Project Gutenberg
"Say that again, you foul-mouthed dog o' Fife, and I'll gralloch you like a deer!" cried the Chamberlain, his face tingling.
From Project Gutenberg
And the shrill, fierce Highland cry, "Gralloch him!" echoed the infamous catch, till the night air rang faintly in the starlight.
From Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
