gralloch

British  

/ ˈɡrælək, ˈɡrælɒx /

noun

1. the entrails of a deer

2. the act or an instance of disembowelling a deer killed in a hunt

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verb

1. to disembowel (a deer killed in a hunt)

Etymology

Origin of gralloch

C19: from Scottish Gaelic grealach intestines

Example Sentences

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 Reid, Mayne

Could they grapple with and gralloch a wounded red deer?

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon