gigot.
A leg of lamb or mutton.
Meaning & usage
A leg of lamb or mutton.
Ellipsis of gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French gigot (“leg (of lamb)”), from gigue (“(colloquial) a long leg; haunch of some animals, especially venison”) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Gigue is derived from giguer (“to dance; to jump”), further etymology unknown.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.