The trade or craft of a butcher; the practice of slaughtering animals for food.
| 单词 | θ48596 |
| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > butchery (27) butcheryc1449 The trade or craft of a butcher; the practice of slaughtering animals for food. fleshery1483 ‘The business of a butcher; now called Fleshing’ (Jamieson Suppl. 1825). brittlingc1650 The cutting up of a deer or boar. butching1688 = butchering, n. (chiefly in sense 3). butchering1860 The trade or occupation of a butcher. Subcategories:— butcher (21) — test of weight (1) |
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