sheep-flesh

Updated: March 27, 2026

The Anglo-Saxons, like the modern Germans, had no objection to say ox-flesh, sheep-flesh, swine's-flesh; but the Norman conquerors, introducing a more refined cookery, introduced with it French words for the flesh of the animal; hence we have beef, mutton, pork, &c.

Various - Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 427: Volume 17, New Series, March 6, 1852