greaves

See also: Greaves

English

Etymology 1

From German Low German.

Noun

greaves pl (plural only)

1. The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

Translations

residue from animal fat

• Bulgarian: пръжки (bg) f pl (prǎžki)
• Danish: Fedtegrever
• Dutch: kaantjes (nl) pl
• French: cretons (fr) m or pl, grattons (fr) pl or m
• Galician: roxón m, roxóns m pl
• German: Grieben (de) f pl, Grammeln (de) f pl (southern Germany, Austria)
• Hungarian: tepertő (hu), töpörtyű (hu)

• Italian: ciccioli pl or m
• Polish: skwarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: torresmo (pt) m
• Russian: шква́рки (ru) f pl (škvárki)
• Spanish: chicharrones (es) m pl
• Swedish: grevar (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

greaves

1. plural of greave

Anagrams

• Gervase, servage