vleesboom

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Dutch

Etymology

Compound of vlees (meat, flesh) +‎ boom (beam, tree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvleːs.boːm/
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  • Hyphenation: vlees‧boom

Noun

vleesboom m (plural vleesbomen, diminutive vleesboompje n)

  1. (now dated, rare) beam for hanging an animal carcass to be butchered
    • 1608, Manuscript of the regulations of Antwerp (no. 18432), part 2, par. 11, in G. de Longé, Coutumes de la villa d'Anvers, in Coutumes du pays et duché de Brabant, vol. 3, 1872, page 174.
      Een vleesboom met seele ende ijsere spille.
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    • 1939 March 28, "Te koop", De Tijd, evening edition, page 8
      3. Vleesbomen met toebeh.
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    • 1948 April 17, “Verkoping kapitale boereninspan”, in De Stem, volume 4, number 1052, page 6:
      [] rugsproeier, bascule met gewichten, 200 zakken, vóórladders, boomgaard- en andere ladders[,] trap, vleesboom, hooi en stroo, balken, planken, golfplaten, []
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  2. uterine thyroid, uterine myoma; (now uncommon) any myoma