gralloch
Britishnoun
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the entrails of a deer
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the act or an instance of disembowelling a deer killed in a hunt
verb
Etymology
Origin of gralloch
C19: from Scottish Gaelic grealach intestines
Example Sentences
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This thought made Gareth feel sick, and, as he was also feeling ashamed of himself for running away from tire gralloch, he became uncomfortable all over.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
“At a gralloch, they sling the beast over a pony.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
At the gralloch, the three remaining huntsmen were in trouble.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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 The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
Could they grapple with and gralloch a wounded red deer?
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables
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