gigot

American  

[jig-uht, zhee-goh] / ˈdʒɪg ət, ʒiˈgoʊ /

noun

1. a leg-of-mutton sleeve.

2. a leg of lamb or mutton.

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gigot British  

/ ˈʒiːɡəʊ, ˈdʒɪɡət /

noun

1. a leg of lamb or mutton

2. a leg-of-mutton sleeve

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Etymology

Origin of gigot

1520–30; < Middle French, apparently diminutive of gigue fiddle (< Germanic; compare Old High German gîga kind of fiddle ( German Geige ), gig ³ ), so called in allusion to its shape

Example Sentences

BOW, Skagit County — The French word gigot translates to a leg of lamb, a revelation that amused a live Bellingham radio audience at a February event featuring Washington poet and sheep farmer Jessica Gigot.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

In France, gigot d’agneau — leg of lamb — is, well, de rigueur for a proper Easter meal.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022

I entered into a world of finding common ground and of sharing: the street’s history, the personal stories, advice about how to cook the perfect gigot d’agneau or how to rid an apartment of mice.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2015

Refill the syringe with the same contents and inject into the gigot twice more.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the gigot is no good, is tough and dry, and you shut it up in an old house in the country.

From The Claverings by Trollope, Anthony