white meatn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪt ˌmiːt/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪt ˈmit/,

/ˈ(h)waɪt ˌmit/

Forms: late Middle English whitemeite, late Middle English whitemete, late Middle English whitmete, late Middle English whytemete, late Middle English whytmet, late Middle English whytmete, late Middle English wyttemet, 1500s whitmeate, 1500s whytmeat, 1500s whyt meate, 1500s–1600s white meate, 1500s– white meat, 1600s whitmeat.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., meat n.

Etymology: < white adj. + meat n. With sense 1a compare Old Icelandic hvítr matr , Old Swedish hwit mat (Swedish (now regional) hvitmat ), all in sense ‘dairy produce’. In use with reference to Ireland (in historical contexts; compare quot. 1903) after Early Irish bánbíd dairy produce (Irish †báin-bhiadh; < bán white (see bawneen n.) + biadh , bia food). With sense 2 compare red meat n.In later use usually a mass noun, but in earlier use in senses 1 and 2 also frequently a count noun.

a. Food prepared from milk; dairy produce (occasionally including eggs). Now historical or regional.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun]

whiteOE

white meata1425

milkmeat1440

milkness1493

whitage1537

whitsull1602

dairy-ware1727

lactage1753

dairy produce1842

milk product1867

creamerya1877

dairy1948

milchigs1949

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 661 Hoc lacticinium, wyttemet.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 129/1 Without etyng fysshe ne mylke egges or whyte mete.

1538 Fitzwarren in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 216 Concernyng forbyddyng of whytmeates in Lente.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 148 The olde wryters doo teache the making of a kinde of white meate, not much vnlike to Welcurdes.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 148 The Cowes..with large vdders, yeelding plenty of whitmeates.

1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 4 Giuing..power to eate egges and whitmeats on fasting dayes.

1725 T. Lewis Origines Hebrææ III. vi. xx. 218 Their Vessels are of two Sorts, one for Flesh, the other for White-meats.

1781 G. Hay Sincere Christian I. xv. 220 In those countries where people having little or nothing else to eat with their bread but whitemeats, these are more or less permitted in Lent itself, and in some places, eggs also.

1841 J. Timbs Pop. Errors iv. 243 The system was only compulsory on the poor; licences for eating flesh and white meats during Lent, being easily obtainable by payment.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. White-meat, Milk diet, or milk pudding.

1903 P. W. Joyce Social Hist. Anc. Ireland II. xxi. 138 Milk and all food-preparations from it, such as curd, cheese, butter—as distinguished from flesh-meat—were called bán-bid [bawn-bee], ‘white-meat.’

1993 C. Spencer Heretic's Feast (1996) viii. 182 The poor, and especially the rural poor, sustained themselves on a diet of grains, vegetables and what was known as 'white meat', which meant dairy produce.

†b. attributive. Designating a weak or cowardly spirit or disposition. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > abjectly cowardly

recrayedc1330

recreantc1330

craven?a1400

poor1425

currishc1460

fazart1508

soulless1568

dastardly1576

beastly1584

dastard1595

low-spirited1598

peaking1611

white meata1625

cur-like1627

snivelling1647

cravenly1653

base-mettled1681

niding1755

poltroonish1801

niddering1819

turn-tail1861

turpid1867

cold-footed1944

Charley1954

a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeeeee/1 Sirha, sirha, this whitmeat-spirit's not yours.

2. Meat which is pale when raw, as chicken or pork (as opposed to red meat such as beef or lamb). Also: the lighter-coloured cuts of such meat; esp. the breast or wings of poultry.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [noun] > meat > white meat

white meat1741

1741 C. Perry Treat. Dis. II. v. x. 166 Now-and-then a little white Meats, (such as Chicken and Veal) may be indulged.

1757 J. Leake Diss. Lisbon Diet-drink i. 32 Let him live chiefly upon dry Food, and white Meats roasted, such as Veal, Rabbit, Fowls, etc.

1827 Domest. Econ. & Cookery for Rich & Poor 514 This makes an excellent family dinner dish: any cold white meat or old fowls will answer, but they must be stewed.

1866 H. St. Clair Dainty Dishes 114 If you have rabbits enough, use only the white meat.

1911 Washington Post 13 Nov. 6/6 A raffled turkey always has four times as much white meat on it as any other.

1973 Guardian 19 Mar. 7/5 People in Britain ate less red meat last year, but more ‘white’ meat such as pork and poultry.

2012 S. Rexford Suzanne's Kitchen 343 Turkey breasts (white meat) cook faster than turkey legs and thighs (dark meat).

3. Originally North American slang (usually derogatory). White people, esp. women, regarded as objects of sexual interest; a white person, esp. a woman, regarded in this way. Cf. meat n. 6a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [noun] > woman considered in sexual terms or as a sexual partner > specifically white women collectively

white meat1933

1933 Pittsburgh Courier 30 Dec. 4/2 ‘Nigger,’ he said, ‘we're going to show you yet what happens to niggers who want white meat.’

1940 ‘J. Crad’ Traders in Women v. 134 The..liner took me to Shanghai, and here once again I met the European procurer and salesman of ‘white meat’.

1976 M. Maguire Scratchproof x. 152 I'm off white meat. I have a good thing going with a negro film editor.

2001 H. Collins No Smoke i. 8 Saab walks around the car to greet the white meat stepping onto the pavement.

Compounds

General attributive and objective.

ΚΠ

1646 R. Butcher Surv. & Antiq. Stamford ii. 7 Pillory-nooke, where the white meate Market is kept.

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 210 Pastery women, 277. cook maids 29. White meat-makers, 13. makers of drinking cups, 17. wine-cellar men, 70.

1721 N. Blundell Diary 25 Apr. (1895) 175 It being a White-Meat day I dined at a Table by myself at the Swan.

1742 G. Cheyne Nat. Method cureing Dis. iii. vi. 285 Good Hours, gentle Exercise, a white Meat Diet, with a little French Claret in Bristol Water.

1905 National Provisioner 1 Apr. 21/2 The Scotch are largely white meat eaters.

1989 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Dec. c7 In this age of white-meat diets, Paul St. Pierre is a red-meat man.

2014 Examiner (Nexis) 5 Jan. c12 [Tarragon] imparts a delicate, faintly sweet hint to..white meat recipes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white meat
释义	white meatn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪt ˌmiːt/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈmit/, /ˈ(h)waɪt ˌmit/ Forms: late Middle English whitemeite, late Middle English whitemete, late Middle English whitmete, late Middle English whytemete, late Middle English whytmet, late Middle English whytmete, late Middle English wyttemet, 1500s whitmeate, 1500s whytmeat, 1500s whyt meate, 1500s–1600s white meate, 1500s– white meat, 1600s whitmeat. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., meat n. Etymology: < white adj. + meat n. With sense 1a compare Old Icelandic hvítr matr , Old Swedish hwit mat (Swedish (now regional) hvitmat ), all in sense ‘dairy produce’. In use with reference to Ireland (in historical contexts; compare quot. 1903) after Early Irish bánbíd dairy produce (Irish †báin-bhiadh; < bán white (see bawneen n.) + biadh , bia food). With sense 2 compare red meat n.In later use usually a mass noun, but in earlier use in senses 1 and 2 also frequently a count noun. 1. a. Food prepared from milk; dairy produce (occasionally including eggs). Now historical or regional. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] whiteOE white meata1425 milkmeat1440 milkness1493 whitage1537 whitsull1602 dairy-ware1727 lactage1753 dairy produce1842 milk product1867 creamerya1877 dairy1948 milchigs1949 a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 661 Hoc lacticinium, wyttemet. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 129/1 Without etyng fysshe ne mylke egges or whyte mete. 1538 Fitzwarren in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 216 Concernyng forbyddyng of whytmeates in Lente. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 148 The olde wryters doo teache the making of a kinde of white meate, not much vnlike to Welcurdes. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 148 The Cowes..with large vdders, yeelding plenty of whitmeates. 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent i. 4 Giuing..power to eate egges and whitmeats on fasting dayes. 1725 T. Lewis Origines Hebrææ III. vi. xx. 218 Their Vessels are of two Sorts, one for Flesh, the other for White-meats. 1781 G. Hay Sincere Christian I. xv. 220 In those countries where people having little or nothing else to eat with their bread but whitemeats, these are more or less permitted in Lent itself, and in some places, eggs also. 1841 J. Timbs Pop. Errors iv. 243 The system was only compulsory on the poor; licences for eating flesh and white meats during Lent, being easily obtainable by payment. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. White-meat, Milk diet, or milk pudding. 1903 P. W. Joyce Social Hist. Anc. Ireland II. xxi. 138 Milk and all food-preparations from it, such as curd, cheese, butter—as distinguished from flesh-meat—were called bán-bid [bawn-bee], ‘white-meat.’ 1993 C. Spencer Heretic's Feast (1996) viii. 182 The poor, and especially the rural poor, sustained themselves on a diet of grains, vegetables and what was known as 'white meat', which meant dairy produce. †b. attributive. Designating a weak or cowardly spirit or disposition. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > abjectly cowardly recrayedc1330 recreantc1330 craven?a1400 poor1425 currishc1460 fazart1508 soulless1568 dastardly1576 beastly1584 dastard1595 low-spirited1598 peaking1611 white meata1625 cur-like1627 snivelling1647 cravenly1653 base-mettled1681 niding1755 poltroonish1801 niddering1819 turn-tail1861 turpid1867 cold-footed1944 Charley1954 a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Four Plays in One in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Eeeeeeee/1 Sirha, sirha, this whitmeat-spirit's not yours. 2. Meat which is pale when raw, as chicken or pork (as opposed to red meat such as beef or lamb). Also: the lighter-coloured cuts of such meat; esp. the breast or wings of poultry. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > [noun] > meat > white meat white meat1741 1741 C. Perry Treat. Dis. II. v. x. 166 Now-and-then a little white Meats, (such as Chicken and Veal) may be indulged. 1757 J. Leake Diss. Lisbon Diet-drink i. 32 Let him live chiefly upon dry Food, and white Meats roasted, such as Veal, Rabbit, Fowls, etc. 1827 Domest. Econ. & Cookery for Rich & Poor 514 This makes an excellent family dinner dish: any cold white meat or old fowls will answer, but they must be stewed. 1866 H. St. Clair Dainty Dishes 114 If you have rabbits enough, use only the white meat. 1911 Washington Post 13 Nov. 6/6 A raffled turkey always has four times as much white meat on it as any other. 1973 Guardian 19 Mar. 7/5 People in Britain ate less red meat last year, but more ‘white’ meat such as pork and poultry. 2012 S. Rexford Suzanne's Kitchen 343 Turkey breasts (white meat) cook faster than turkey legs and thighs (dark meat). 3. Originally North American slang (usually derogatory). White people, esp. women, regarded as objects of sexual interest; a white person, esp. a woman, regarded in this way. Cf. meat n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [noun] > woman considered in sexual terms or as a sexual partner > specifically white women collectively white meat1933 1933 Pittsburgh Courier 30 Dec. 4/2 ‘Nigger,’ he said, ‘we're going to show you yet what happens to niggers who want white meat.’ 1940 ‘J. Crad’ Traders in Women v. 134 The..liner took me to Shanghai, and here once again I met the European procurer and salesman of ‘white meat’. 1976 M. Maguire Scratchproof x. 152 I'm off white meat. I have a good thing going with a negro film editor. 2001 H. Collins No Smoke i. 8 Saab walks around the car to greet the white meat stepping onto the pavement. Compounds General attributive and objective. ΚΠ 1646 R. Butcher Surv. & Antiq. Stamford ii. 7 Pillory-nooke, where the white meate Market is kept. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 210 Pastery women, 277. cook maids 29. White meat-makers, 13. makers of drinking cups, 17. wine-cellar men, 70. 1721 N. Blundell Diary 25 Apr. (1895) 175 It being a White-Meat day I dined at a Table by myself at the Swan. 1742 G. Cheyne Nat. Method cureing Dis. iii. vi. 285 Good Hours, gentle Exercise, a white Meat Diet, with a little French Claret in Bristol Water. 1905 National Provisioner 1 Apr. 21/2 The Scotch are largely white meat eaters. 1989 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Dec. c7 In this age of white-meat diets, Paul St. Pierre is a red-meat man. 2014 Examiner (Nexis) 5 Jan. c12 [Tarragon] imparts a delicate, faintly sweet hint to..white meat recipes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1425
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