• Sheepmeat

    Origin

    sheep + meat

    Full definition of sheepmeat

    Noun

    sheepmeat

    (usually uncountable; plural sheepmeats)
    1. The meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.
      • 1986, Tam Dalyell, "Castles in the air", New Scientist, 17 July 1986:I do not know what will be the outcome of the argument about levels of radioactive caesium in sheepmeat (alias mutton or lamb) in North Wales and Cumbria, let alone in Scotland.
      • 1995, Julian Roche, The International Wool Trade, Woodhead Publishing (1995), ISBN 1855731916, page 114:Wool and sheepmeat combined form New Zealand's largest export industry: wool on its own is the fourth largest.
      • 1999, Jennifer M. Ames & Michelle M. Sutherland, "Effect of Castration and Slaughter Age on The Flavor of Sheepmeat", in Quality Attributes of Muscle Foods (eds. Youling L. Xiong, Chi-Tang Ho, & Fereidoon Shahidi), Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (1999), ISBN 9780306461163, page 148:However, the full effects of castration on sheepmeat flavor remain unclear and other factors, including age at slaughter, also need to be considered.

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