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Webster 1913 Edition


Collop

Col′lop

,
Noun.
[Of uncertain origin; cf. OF.
colp
blow, stroke, piece, F.
coup
, fr. L.
colophus
buffet, cuff, Gr. [GREEK]]
[Written also
colp
.]
1.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
God knows thou art a
collop
of my flesh.
Shakespeare
Sweetbread and
collops
were with skewers pricked.
Dryden.
2.
A part or piece of anything; a portion.
Cut two good
collops
out of the crown land.
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition


Collop

COLLOP

, n.
1.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
2.
In burlesque, a child.
In Job 15:27 it seems to have the sense of a thick piece or fleshy lump. He maketh collops of fat on his flanks. This is the sense of the word in N. England.

Definition 2024


collop

collop

English

Noun

collop (plural collops)

  1. (Northern England) A slice of meat.
  2. (obsolete) A slice of bacon, a rasher.
  3. A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
  4. A small piece, portion, or slice of something.

Derived terms


Scots

Etymology

Scandinavian kallops stewed meat

Noun

collop (plural collops)

  1. A slice of meat.