gigot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/|/ʒi.ɡoʊ/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/|/ʒi.ɡoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A leg of lamb or mutton.
    — Then is the hoſtie ſlaine and flayde, and part on gridorne put, / The liuer and lights they comely ſéeth and euery little gut. / The gigots and the other fleſh in péeces they did ſpit, / Which roſt, tipling the pleaſaunt wine they downe to table ſit.
  2. Ellipsis of gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — Of these circumambulatory ells of crape, the young artificer contrived to fabricate a dress that was anything but unbecoming. The enormous crape gigots (for those were the days of gigots), which made part of her black treasure, hung from her delicate fair arms like transparent clouds upon the silvery brightness of the moon ....

词形变化

gigots plural gigget alternative giggot alternative jigget alternative jiggot alternative jigot alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
gigot sleeve

词源

Borrowed from French gigot (“leg (of lamb)”), from gigue (“(colloquial) a long leg; haunch of some animals, especially venison”) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Gigue is derived from giguer (“to dance; to jump”), further etymology unknown.
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