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Webster 1913 Edition

Collop

Col′lop

,
Noun.
[Of uncertain origin; cf. OF.
colp
blow, stroke, piece, F.
coup
, fr. L.
colophus
buffet, cuff, Gr. [GREEK]]
[Written also
colp
.]
1.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
God knows thou art a
collop
of my flesh.
Shakespeare
Sweetbread and
collops
were with skewers pricked.
Dryden.
2.
A part or piece of anything; a portion.
Cut two good
collops
out of the crown land.
Fuller.

Webster 1828 Edition

Collop

COLLOP

, n.
1.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
2.
In burlesque, a child.
In Job 15:27 it seems to have the sense of a thick piece or fleshy lump. He maketh collops of fat on his flanks. This is the sense of the word in N. England.

Definition 2024

collop

collop

English

Noun

collop ‎(plural collops)

  1. (Northern England) A slice of meat.
  2. (obsolete) A slice of bacon, a rasher.
  3. A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
  4. A small piece, portion, or slice of something.

Derived terms

Scots

Etymology

Scandinavian kallops stewed meat

Noun

collop ‎(plural collops)

  1. A slice of meat.

Etymology

Scandinavian kallops stewed meat

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