collop

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English

Etymology

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”). Cognate to German Klops (“dish of meat made tender by beating”).

Pronunciation

Noun

collop (plural collops)

  1. (Northern England) A slice of meat.
  2. (obsolete) A slice of bacon, a rasher.
  3. A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
  4. A small piece, portion, or slice of something.

Derived terms

Scots

Etymology

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”). Cognate to German Klops (“dish of meat made tender by beating”).

Noun

collop (plural collops)

  1. A slice of meat.
    • 1834 [c. 1500], Walter Kennedy, “The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy”, in The Poems of William Dunbar, volume 2, Kennedy to Dunbar, page 81:
      Thow beggit with ane pardoun in all kirkis,
      Collapis, crudis, meill, grottis, gryce, and geiss
      You begged for a pardon in all churches / Collops, cheese curd, oatmeal, groats, suckling pigs, and geese

Verb

collop (third-person singular simple present collops, present participle collopin, simple past collopt, past participle collopt)

  1. (obsolete) To cut into collops.
    • 1872, Alex. J. Warden, Burgh Laws of Dundee, page 36:
      Anent Flesheores—Item it is statut and ordainit […] also that na flesheer to Brugh nor land bring blawin flesh to this mercat nor collipit or cuted vpon vnder the shulders and that the head of the muttone be brought with the scheapes buik
      Regarding Butchers—It is hereby declared and ordained also that no butcher of the borough or region bring spoiled flesh to this market nor meat cut into collops or severed from under the forelegs and that the head of the sheep be brought with the sheep’s carcass

References

  • Skeat, W. W. (1900). A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. United Kingdom: Harper, p. 88

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