charnage

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Old French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin carnaticum, from Latin caro (flesh).

Noun

charnage oblique singularm (oblique plural charnages, nominative singular charnages, nominative plural charnage)

  1. flesh
    1. (by extension, figuratively) mincemeat (destruction; a destroyed person)
  2. meat
  3. a meat-based course of a meal
  4. the part of the year when eating meat is acceptable

Descendants

  • Italian: carnaggio (obsolete)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (charnage)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (carnage, supplement)