gigot

gig·ot

G0122800 (jĭg′ət, zhē-gō′)n.1. A leg of mutton, lamb, or veal for cooking.2. A leg-of-mutton sleeve.

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[French, from Old French, diminutive of gigue, fiddle, from Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga.]

gigot

(ˈʒiːɡəʊ; ˈdʒɪɡət) n1. (Cookery) a leg of lamb or mutton2. (Clothing & Fashion) a leg-of-mutton sleeve[C16: from Old French: leg, a small fiddle, from gigue a fiddle, of Germanic origin]

gig•ot

(ˈdʒɪg ət, ʒiˈgoʊ)

n. 1. a leg-of-mutton sleeve. 2. a leg of lamb or mutton. [1520–30; < Middle French, appar. diminutive of gigue fiddle (< Germanic; compare Old High German gīga kind of fiddle); so called in allusion to its shape]

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gigot - lamb leg suitable for roasting leg of lambleg - the limb of an animal used for foodlamb roast, roast lamb - a cut of lamb suitable for roasting

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