saveloy

[ sav-uh-loi ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a highly seasoned, dried sausage.

saveloy

/ ˈsævɪˌlɔɪ /

noun

1. a smoked sausage made from salted pork, well seasoned and coloured red with saltpetre

Word History and Origins

Origin of saveloy¹

1830–40; probably < French cervelas, Middle French cervelat < Italian cervellato Milanese sausage, originally containing pig's brains, equivalent to cervell ( o ) brain ( cerebellum ) + -ato -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of saveloy¹

C19: probably via French from Italian cervellato, from cervello brain, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum brain

Example Sentences

Saveloy, sav′e-loi, n. a kind of sausage made of meat chopped and seasoned, orig.

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He had breakfasted off a saveloy; we saw on a plate, with some crumbs of bread, the remains of that too familiar delicacy.

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You were welcomed to his venison when he had it—his present saveloy was equally at your service.

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Lisa, still absent-minded, gave her the black-pudding and slices of saveloy.

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Saveloy, a kind of sausage; French cervelas, from its containing brains.

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