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chevaline, a.|ˈʃɛvəlɪn|
[a. F. chevalin, -ine equine, f. cheval horse.]
Of or pertaining to horses, horse-; now chiefly in reference to the flesh of the horse as an article of food. Also subst. horse-flesh.
1550J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Her. (1877) §163 Moyles..asses, & al other beastis chevalynes. 1864Times 5 Oct., Cold horse pie, and other chevaline delicacies. 1868A. S. Bicknell Hippophagy 10 Horseflesh..or, as I propose henceforward to call it..Chevaline. |