Definition of Gigot

1. Noun. Lamb leg suitable for roasting.

Exact synonyms: Leg Of Lamb
Generic synonyms: Leg, Lamb Roast, Roast Lamb

Definition of Gigot

1. n. A leg of mutton.

Definition of Gigot

1. Noun. A leg of lamb or mutton when used for cooking ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gigot

1. a leg of lamb [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gigot

gigglings
gigglish
giggly
giggot
gighe
giglet
giglets
giglot
giglots
gigman
gigmen
gigohm
gigohms
gigolos
gigot (current term)
gigot sleeve
gigots
gigs
gigster
gigsters
gigue
gigues
gila monster
gilalite
gilas
gilbert
gilbert's disease
gilbertite
gilberts

Literary usage of Gigot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1862)
"gigot.—Oblige me by fixing your eyes on these simple lineaments. ... gigot—0 world, world ! Then it will be necessary for me to go into a short and simple ..."

2. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"... un assez gros gigot de mouton jusqu'à la moitié du manche; ... le dedans de votre gigot ; ne faites pas sortir vos lardons par- dessous. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"FRANCIS E. gigot. Molokai, an interesting island, one of the North Pacific group formerly known as the Sandwich Islands, or as the Kingdom of Hawaii, ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"1899; JE McFadyen, New York, 1905; and FEC gigot, ib. 1906. Discussions of the various problems presented by the book are to be found in DB, ii. ..."

5. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles Compared: The Gould Prize Essays by William Thomas Whitley, Gerald Hamilton Beard, Charles Benjamin Dalton (1908)
"gigot quotes with approval the article on "Apocrypha'' in Hastings I. 23. ... See also gigot Introduction 105, 330; Swete Introduction 103; ..."

6. The Annual American Catalog, 1900-1909 (1902)
"gigot, Fs. E. C: Special introd. to the study of the Old Testament, pt. I, Historical books. '01(821) O. net, $1.50. Benziger. gigot, Fs. E. С : Gen. ..."

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