mutton hamn.
/ˈmʌtn ham/, U.S. /ˈmətn ˌhæm/ 1. The thigh of a sheep cured in the same manner as ham; the meat from this.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > cured mutton
mutton ham1747
Welsh ham1867
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery xiii. 130 (heading) To make Mutton Hams.
1791 F. Grose Grumbler xvi. 69 A fine plate of mutton-ham was next set on the table.
1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie II. xviii. 152 Gin ye hae the shachle bane o' a mutton ham.
1839 Mag. Domest. Econ. 4 119 The mutton hams cured in the highlands of Scotland and at the Cape of Good Hope.
1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep x. 149 There were hot mutton pies, and cold mutton hams.
1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command vi. 155 The cabin's breakfast of eggs and mutton-ham came aft in a cloud of fragrance.
2. U.S. regional (North Carolina). Usually with hyphen. A large triangular sail used on certain fishing boats; = leg-of-mutton sail at leg of mutton adj. 3. Also: a boat with such a sail. Also attributive in mutton-ham boat, mutton-ham sail.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > other types of fishing vessel
spindlers-boat1243
manfare1326
stall boat1328
dogger1338
hackboat1344
coble1493
peter-boat1540
monger1558
trimboat1558
shotter1580
crab-skuit1614
fly-boat1614
cantera1642
dogger-boat1646
cag1666
yawl1670
barca-longa1681
hogboat1784
fishing-smack1785
hooker1801
hatch-boat1828
pinkie1840
fishing-bark1841
pookhaun1851
garookuh1855
jigger1860
fisher-bark1862
fisher-keel1870
Norwegian1872
scaf1877
mule coble1883
mule1884
Zulu1884
novy1885
tosher1885
skipjack1887
fleeter1888
fishing-float1893
rodney1895
mutton-ham boat1899
nobby1899
sinagot1927
sport fisherman1937
sport fisher1940
ski-boat1964
belly boat1976
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > leg-of-mutton sail
shoulder of mutton sail1694
mutton ham1899
1899 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 197 (title) In a mutton-ham boat.
1899 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 197 Her mutton-ham fluttered as white as new cotton around her single mast. I more than once sought to learn why Albemarle and Pamlico fishing smacks call their huge sails ‘mutton-ham’.
1899 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 197 The sailboat..lay alongside the wooden pier, with ballast stowed amidships and her mutton-ham unclewed.
1946 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. vi. 21 Mutton-ham sail,..a triangular sail used on a bug-eye boat... Common.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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