Sheepflesh

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The meat or flesh of sheep; mutton. uncountable

    "Everybody wore home-made clothing; and that wool might not become scarce, the use of sheepflesh, for food, was discouraged."

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muttonmuttonsheepmeatsheepmeat

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"Everybody wore home-made clothing; and that wool might not become scarce, the use of sheepflesh, for food, was discouraged."

Etymology

From sheep + flesh. Compare Dutch schapenvlees (“mutton”), German Schaffleisch (“sheep meat, mutton”).

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