saveloy

[ sav-uh-loi ]

nounChiefly British.
  1. a highly seasoned, dried sausage.

Origin of saveloy

1
1830–40; probably <French cervelas,Middle French cervelat<Italian cervellato Milanese sausage, originally containing pig's brains, equivalent to cervell(o) brain (see cerebellum) + -ato-ate1

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saveloy

/ (ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ) /


noun
  1. a smoked sausage made from salted pork, well seasoned and coloured red with saltpetre

Origin of saveloy

1
C19: probably via French from Italian cervellato, from cervello brain, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum brain

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