veal
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //viːl//
The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
noun
- 1
The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
- 2
slangThe female genitalia.
Etymology
From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.
verb
- 1
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.
Forms
- plural
- veals
- past tense
- vealed
- past participle
- vealed
- present participle
- vealing
- third person singular
- veals
Vaughn · A surname from Welsh.vault · An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling,…ve · The name of the Cyrillic script letter В / в.
veal · The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
Veal · A surname.vector · A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction;…veer · A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.