In various spec. uses. To cut up (a deer); to tear in pieces (a fox), also with up; to carve (a fowl), also with out, up (obsolete).

transitive. The technical expression for. To carve (a chicken); cf. break, v. 2b. Obsolete.

To carve or cut up (a hen). Obsolete.

To take off (the wings of a bird) in carving. Obsolete.

transitive. To carve (a small bird): see quots.

transitive. To remove the breast from (the carcass of a bird) in preparation for cooking. Also with out. rare before 20th cent. (U.S. in later use).