gralloch
/ˈɡralək
/noun [mass noun]
The viscera of a dead deer.Which is just as well because once a deer is shot, the gamekeeper must carry out the gralloch, or disembowelling.
verb [with object]
Disembowel (a deer that has been shot).A stag is always gralloched before the carcass is taken down the mountain....
- The current legislation allows deer stalking in infected areas, but the deer carcase must be gralloched [emptied] and skinned where shot.
- The deer are always bled and gralloched immediately after killing.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Scottish Gaelic grealach 'entrails'.