gralloch
/ (ˈɡrælək, Scottish ˈɡrælɒx) British /
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noun
the entrails of a deer
the act or an instance of disembowelling a deer killed in a hunt
verb (tr)
to disembowel (a deer killed in a hunt)
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Word Origin for gralloch
C19: from Scottish Gaelic grealach intestines
Words nearby gralloch
grains, grains of paradise, grain sorghum, grainy, grallatorial, gralloch, gram, grama, gramadan, gramarye, gram-atom
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How to use gralloch in a sentence
It was too dark to do more than pull him out of the water and gralloch him, and we had a hard paddle back to camp in the dark.
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland|John RogersI remember, during the gralloch, some dreadfully poor charcoal-burners appearing on the scene to beg for food.
Unexplored Spain|Abel ChapmanSay that again, you foul-mouthed dog o' Fife, and I'll gralloch you like a deer!
Doom Castle|Neil Munro