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veal (iou)



veal noun & verb. [vi:l] ME.
[Anglo-Norman vel, veel = Old French nom. veiaus, oblique veel (mod. veau) from Latin vitellus dim. of vitulus calf.]
A. noun.
The flesh of a calf as food. ME.
A calf, esp. as killed for food or intended for this purpose. Now rare. ME.
b. verb trans. Raise (a calf) for use as veal. M19.
Comb.: veal calf (a) = sense 2 above; (b) a variety of leather; veal crate a partitioned area with restricted light and space in which a calf is reared for slaughter so as to ensure the whiteness of the meat.
vealer noun (chiefly Austral. & NZ) a veal calf E20.
vealy adjective resembling veal or a calf; fig. characterized by youthful immaturity: M18.