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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“How must we set about the gralloch?”
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“At a gralloch, they sling the beast over a pony.”
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“We must have a gralloch,” said Gaheris.
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At the gralloch, the three remaining huntsmen were in trouble.
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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.
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