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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Low German (compare German Low German Greev, Greve (“greaves”)), from Middle Low German grêve, from Old Saxon *griovo, from Proto-West Germanic *greubō (“roughage, brushwood, kindling”), the root of German Griebe (“greaves, crackling”). Possibly related to gruff. Also compare Old High German grob (“coarse”) (modern German grob).
Noun[edit]
greaves pl (plural only)
- The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.
Translations[edit]
residue from animal fat
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
greaves