gobbet

[ gob-it ]

/ ˈgɒb ɪt /

a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh.

a lump or mass.

Origin of gobbet

1275–1325; Middle English gobet < Old French: a mouthful, diminutive of gobe. See -et

goaves, gob, gob-stopper, gobang, gobat, gobbet, gobbi, gobble, gobbledegook, gobbler, gobby

She used those very words, without a blink, and Pignaver swallowed the flattery as a dog bolts a gobbet of meat.

Stradella |F(rancis) Marion Crawford
And a gobbet we have received of the civil laws, because of the equity that seemeth to be in them.

Against War |Erasmus
And now he had bitten off a piece of them, together with a gobbet of my own flesh.

The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere |Charles de Coster
Colonel Gobbet was not allowed to enter Scotland, but was seized at Berwick and put in prison.

The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 |David Masson

gobbet

/ (ˈɡɒbɪt) /

a chunk, lump, or fragment, esp of raw meat

C14: from Old French gobet, from gober to gulp down