GIBLETS


Meaning of GIBLETS in English

[ 'dʒɪblɪts ]

■ plural noun the liver, heart, gizzard, and neck of a chicken or other fowl, usually removed before the bird is cooked.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'an inessential appendage', later 'garbage, offal'): from OFr. gibelet 'game bird stew', prob. from gibier 'birds or mammals hunted for sport'.

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