gigot

[ jig-uh t, zhee-goh ]
/ ˈdʒɪg ət, ʒiˈgoʊ /

noun

a leg-of-mutton sleeve.
a leg of lamb or mutton.

Origin of gigot

1520–30; < Middle French, apparently diminutive of gigue fiddle (< Germanic; compare Old High German gîga kind of fiddle (German Geige), gig1), so called in allusion to its shape

Words nearby gigot

giggle, giglet, gigli, gigo, gigolo, gigot, gigue, gijón, gil, gil blas, gila

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British Dictionary definitions for gigot

gigot
/ (ˈʒiːɡəʊ, ˈdʒɪɡət) /

noun

a leg of lamb or mutton
a leg-of-mutton sleeve

Word Origin for gigot

C16: from Old French: leg, a small fiddle, from gigue a fiddle, of Germanic origin