gigotn.¹

Brit.

/ˈdʒɪɡət/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɪɡət/

Forms: 1500s–1600s gigget(t, -ot, (1500s gygget, gygot, jigotte), 1600s–1800s jigget, (1600s geegot, jegotte, 1800s jigot), 1600s– gigot.

Etymology: < French gigot, of unknown origin.

a. A leg or haunch of mutton, veal, etc. prepared for table. ? Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > leg or thigh

pestlea1425

leg?c1425

gigot1526

gybot1597

ham1650

leg joint1825

skinka1918

1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 174 Giggots of Mutton or Venison, stopped with Cloves.

1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments 57 To roast a Gigget of Mutton which is the legge splatted and halfe part of the loine together; you shall [etc.].

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 11 Turkyes and Hens we had roasted; a gigget of young goate.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Veal A Gigot of Veal may be..eaten with Sauce made of Vinegar, Pepper, &c.

1766 H. St. John Let. 9 Dec. in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 102 I hope to be in town on New Year's day in order to have your company over a gigot, and a bottle of claret.

1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xi. 175 A good practical sermon should be like a jigot o'..mutton, short in the shank, and pithy, and nutritious.

1860 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. about Doctors (1862) viii. 96 On the table the only viands were barons of beef, jiggets of mutton [etc.].

b. humorously. The knee. Cf. marrowbone n.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > knee > [noun]

kneec825

knop14..

marrowbone1506

gigot1687

knapper1767

prayer-bones1877

bender1925

knobblies1953

1687 A. Lovell tr. C. de Bergerac Comical Hist. 117 So that he falls upon his Geegots.

†2.

a. A slice, a small piece. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > a piece cut off > a slice

cantlec1400

leachc1440

slicea1475

tailye?a1500

tranchec1500

trench1558

slive1577

collop1579

gigot?1611

slivinga1825

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 452 They eat the inwards; then in giggots cut the other fit for meat.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Double Marriage iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ddddd4^v/2 Cut the slaves to giggets.

in extended use.a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) ii. i. 24 Your Roman Gallants, that cannot wear Good Suits but they must have them cut and slasht in giggets.

†b. A minced meat, a sausage. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > sausage > [noun]

pudding1287

saucister1347

sausage14..

sauserling1475

pota1500

gigot1553

isingc1560

gut-pudding1697

small goods1716

jegget1736

German duck1785

pud1828

dog1891

Zepp1915

Zeppelin1915

wors1923

snag1941

1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Gvj^v Keping it in a certayne pickle as we do iegottes or sausages.

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxxvi. §365 Of flesh shred small he maketh a gallimafery, pies, giggots.

3. = gigot-sleeve n. at Compounds.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > covering spec parts of body > arm > types of

poke1402

foresleeve1538

long sleeve1538

lumbard1542

puller out1543

maunch1550

hand sleeve1585

French sleeve1592

poke sleeve1592

puff1601

trunk sleeve1603

stock-sleeve1611

hoop-sleeve1614

puff sleevec1632

short sleeve1639

hanging sleeve1659

engageants1690

jockey-sleeve1692

pudding-sleeve1704

Amadis1814

gigot1824

leg of mutton1824

bishop sleeve1829

mutton-leg sleeve1830

balloon sleeve1837

gigot-sleeve1837

bag-sleeve1844

pagoda sleeve1850

mameluke sleeve1853

angel sleeve1859

elbow-sleeve1875

sling-sleeve1888

sleevelet1889

pagoda1890

bell-sleeve1892

kimono sleeve1919–20

dolman1934

1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 310 The sleeve will not disgrace it. Gigot at the top, un seul pli, and then innumerable little furrows.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair li. 456 Ladies wore gigots, and large combs..in their hair.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford (1886) 2 The last gigot, the last tight and scanty petticoat in wear in England, was seen in Cranford and seen without a smile.

Compounds

gigot-sleeve n. = leg-of-mutton sleeve at leg of mutton adj. 2.

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