Talk:mutton

flesh of a fully grown sheep
the flesh of a fully grown sheep Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 cf. mutton dressed as lamb --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:10, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

RFV discussion: March–June 2023
Sense: “The flesh of goat used as food. ”. Removed by Getsnoopy on 15 March (“Removed incorrect definition.”) It was added by Kslays on 12 November 2019. J3133 (talk) 19:51, 21 March 2023 (UTC)


 * I can find citations which speak of "goat mutton" or "mutton from goats", but because they often contrast it with "sheep mutton" or "mutton from sheep", I don't think they are using mutton to mean "goat meat specifically, to the exclusion of other kinds of meat like sheep", but rather that they're using it in a general way similar to sense 1 of beef ("the meat from a cow, bull or other bovine", which then has "cow-meat" as a subsense). My suggestion is to drop this goat-specific sense; I will add a more general sense "the meat from a sheep, goat or other caprine" with some other citations of things like "urial mutton" (leaving "sheep meat specifically" as a separate sense or subsense). - -sche (discuss) 21:36, 21 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Failed, better handled as the broader sense. - -sche (discuss) 17:19, 7 June 2023 (UTC)