gigot-formed

Updated: August 20, 2026

So the dressmaker shapes the sleeves of a dress, sometimes open, sometimes closed, flat or puffed, plain or ornamented, pagoda-shaped or gigot-formed: but still they are all of them sleeves. I am quite ashamed of offering you such a word as this, my dear child. It was a Greek fancy of the learned men, who would not condescend to use the vulgar name Bats.

Jean Macé - The History of a Mouthful of Bread : And its effect on the organization of men and animals