gobbet

Definitions


[ˈɡɒbɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece or lump of flesh, food, or other matter
(e.g: a torn-off gobbet of flesh)

- an extract from a text, especially one set for translation or comment in an examination
(e.g: the poetry was mainly seen as a quarry for gobbets)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French gobet, diminutive of gobe (see gob)




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