'Butcher's meat' definitions:

Definition of 'Butcher's meat'

From: GCIDE
  • Butcher \Butch"er\ (b[.u]ch"[~e]r), n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See Buck the animal.]
  • 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. "Butcher of an innocent child." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Butcher's meat, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork. [1913 Webster]