sweetbread

[ sweet-bred ]

/ ˈswitˌbrɛd /

Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.

Also called neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread. the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.

Origin of sweetbread

First recorded in 1555–65; sweet + bread

Perhaps if you could get me a sweetbread I might manage a few morsels.

Nell, of Shorne Mills |Charles Garvice
The pancreas, or sweetbread, is much smaller than the liver.

A Practical Physiology |Albert F. Blaisdell
Oysters, clams, sweetbread, chicken or turkey may be served à la Bordelaise or Bechamel.

Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties |Janet McKenzie Hill
Some sweetbread may be added with good effect, but it must be first scalded and the skin removed.

The Italian Cook Book |Maria Gentile

Lady Loring, I should have told you, gave way in the matter of the sweetbread.

The Black Robe |Wilkie Collins

sweetbread

/ (ˈswiːtˌbrɛd) /

the pancreas (stomach sweetbread) or the thymus gland (neck or throat sweetbread) of an animal, used for food

C16: sweet + bread, perhaps from Old English brǣd meat; related to Old Saxon brādo ham, Old High German brāt, Old Norse brāth