单词 | ass flesh |
释义 | > as lemmasass flesh ass flesh n. the flesh of an ass, eaten as food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > flesh of other animals > [noun] ass flesha1398 goat's meat1593 dog's meat1655 mutton1711 dog meat1805 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. lxxii. 1226 Mule fleissh is worse to norisschynge and to diffyynge þan asse fleisshe. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xxii. 840 The best flesh meate that can be giuen them [sc. hunting dogs]..is horse flesh, asse flesh and mules flesh. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xli. 186 The famous Bologna sausages are said to be made of ass flesh. 1822 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 190 (note) Ass-flesh, as food, is far preferable to beef and even to veal. 1999 Jrnl. Galway Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. 51 126 Horse and ass flesh was eaten in the dreadful Winter of 1848–49. < as lemmas |
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