/ˈd͡ʒɪɡət/, /ʒi.ɡoʊ/
OriginBorrowed from French gigot (“leg (of lamb)”), from gigue (“(colloquial) a long leg; haunch of some animals, especially venison”) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Gigue is derived from giguer (“to dance; to jump”), further etymology unknown.
- A leg of lamb or mutton.
“Then is the hoſtie ſlaine and flayde, and part on gridorne put, / The liuer and lights they comely ſéeth and euery little gut. / The gigots and the other fleſh in péeces they did ſpit, / Which roſt, t”
“Guard, Treaſon, treaſon, treaſon. / Boatſ[wain]. Cut the ſlaevs to giggets.”
“Next them all ſorts of Roſt-meates, of which the greateſt first, as Chine of Beeffe or Surloine, the Gigget or Legges of Mutton, Gooſſe, Swan, Veale, Pig, Capon, and ſuch like.”
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsisEllipsis of gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”).
“Of these circumambulatory ells of crape, the young artificer contrived to fabricate a dress that was anything but unbecoming. The enormous crape gigots (for those were the days of gigots), which made ”
“A coat and trousers of light lilac cloth, the former with an immense black velvet collar and sleeves so full at the shoulder that they resembled gigots, the latter made tight, fearfully tight, to the ”
Formsgigots(plural) · gigget(alternative) · giggot(alternative) · jigget(alternative) · jiggot(alternative) · jigot(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary