'Mutton' definitions:
Definition of 'Mutton'
From: GCIDE
- Mutton \Mut"ton\, n. [OE. motoun, OF. moton, molton, a sheep, wether, F. mouton, LL. multo, by transposition of l fr. L. mutilus mutilated. See Mutilate.]
- 1. A sheep. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- Not so much ground as will feed a mutton. --Sir H. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- Muttons, beeves, and porkers are good old words for the living quadrupeds. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The flesh of a sheep. [1913 Webster]
- The fat of roasted mutton or beef. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A loose woman; a prostitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Mutton bird (Zool.), the Australian short-tailed petrel (Nectris brevicaudus).
- Mutton chop, a rib of mutton for broiling, with the end of the bone at the smaller part chopped off.
- Mutton fish (Zool.), the American eelpout. See Eelpout.
- Mutton fist, a big brawny fist or hand. [Colloq.] --Dryden.
- Mutton monger, a pimp. [Low & Obs.] --Chapman.
- To return to one's muttons. [A translation of a phrase from a farce by De Brueys, revenons [`a] nos moutons let us return to our sheep.] To return to one's topic, subject of discussion, etc. [Humorous] [1913 Webster]
- I willingly return to my muttons. --H. R. Haweis. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mutton'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agneau,
- bellwether,
- breast of lamb,
- ewe,
- ewe lamb,
- gigot,
- jambe de mouton,
- jumbuck,
- lamb,
- lambkin,
- leg of lamb,
- leg of mutton,
- mouton,
- ram,
- saddle of mutton,
- sheep,
- teg,
- tup,
- wether,
- yeanling