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veal

noun
/viːl/

Etymology

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

  1. derived from vitellus
  2. derived from veel
  3. inherited from veel

Definitions

  1. The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.

  2. The female genitalia.

  3. To raise a calf for meat production.

    • The division outside the vealing place is for a cow that has had or is near having calf.
    • It was about the size of a vealed calf, but shorter in the legs, and much longer in the body.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA