Tallow

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tæləʊ/Rhymes: -æləʊ

Origin

Middle English talgh, talow, from Old English taluh, talugh, from Proto-Germanic *talgō, *talgą (compare Dutch talk, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- ("flow") (compare Middle Irish delt ("dew"), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, "heavy rain")).

Full definition of tallow

Noun

1. a hard animal fat obtained from suet etc.; used to make candles, soap and lubricants
• 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, , chapter VIII, section ii:Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.

Verb

1. To grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.to tallow sheep