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Veal definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VEAL, n. [L. vitellus.]
The flesh of a calf killed for the table.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: meat from a calf [syn: veal, veau]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English veel, from Anglo-French, calf, veal, from Latin vitellus small calf, diminutive of vitulus calf — more at wether Date: 14th century 1. the flesh of a young calf 2. calf; especially vealer II. transitive verb Date: circa 1901 to kill and dress (a calf) for veal

Britannica Concise

Meat of young calves. It is usually pale grayish white in color, firm and fine-grained, with a velvety texture. Calves bred to yield veal are usually raised indoors under controlled temperatures and intensively fed on milk, high-protein calf meal, or both. Herbaceous foods are excluded, resulting in an iron deficiency that produces the desirable light color in the meat. In recent decades, animal-rights groups have denounced calf farming for cruelty.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. calf's flesh as food. Derivatives: vealy adj. Etymology: ME f. AF ve(e)l, OF veiaus veel f. L vitellus dimin. of vitulus calf

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Veal Veal, n.[OE. veel, OF. veel, F. veau, L. vitellus, dim. of vitulus a calf; akin to E. wether. See Wether, and cf. Vellum, Vituline.] The flesh of a calf when killed and used for food.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Veal is meat from a calf.