saveloy

American  

[sav-uh-loi] / ˈsæv əˌlɔɪ /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. a highly seasoned, dried sausage.

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saveloy British  

/ ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of saveloy

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

Example Sentences

Now devotees and converts from across the UK are visiting the Coventry takeaway in a pickled egg pilgrimage and saveloy sojourn.

From BBC • May 31, 2022

He first worked with Leigh on the film Life is Sweet as the appalling chef Aubrey, whose signature dishes included saveloy on a bed of lychees and liver in lager.

From BBC • May 25, 2014

When do you think, 'Well, I prefer a nice little saveloy to a battered cod.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2010

He roots among his supplies and offers me a fine piece of saveloy.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Unfortunately, the Parisian 'blom budding,' unless prepared by British hands, is generally a concoction of culinary atrocities, tasting, let us say, like saveloy soup and ginger-bread porridge.

From Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by Dawson, William Francis