hastelet
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Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman hastilet (compare continental Old French hastelet, modern Norman hâtelet), diminutive of haste (“spear, spit, roast meat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hastelet (plural hastelettes) (Late Middle English)
- A chunk of roasting meat.
- Synonym: brede
- (hunting, in the plural) One of thirty-two choice parts of a boar for roasting.
- Synonym: brede
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References[edit]
- “hastelet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- David Scott-Macnab (2010) “The Medieval Boar and its Haslets”, in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen[1], volume 111, number 3, Modern Language Society, pages 355-366