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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CUTLET, n. A small piece of meat for cooking; as a veal cutlet.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled [syn: cutlet, scallop, scollop, escallop]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French côtelette, from Old French costelette, diminutive of coste rib, side, from Latin costa — more at coast Date: 1682 1. a small slice of meat <a veal cutlet> 2. a flat croquette of chopped meat or fish

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a neck-chop of mutton or lamb. 2 a small piece of veal etc. for frying. 3 a flat cake of minced meat or nuts and breadcrumbs etc. Etymology: F c{ocirc}telette, OF costelet dimin. of coste rib f. L costa

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cutlet Cut"let (k[u^]t"l[e^]t), n. [F. c[^o]telette, prop., little rib, dim. of c[^o]te rib, fr. L. costa. See Coast.] A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cutlets) A cutlet is a small piece of meat which is usually fried or grilled. ...grilled lamb cutlets. N-COUNT