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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
venison
noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
saddle of lamb/hare/venison
▪ He is particularly fond of hot beetroot, recommending it as an accompaniment to roast saddle of hare - a delicious combination.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add the bacon and venison and cook quickly for a few minutes, stirring frequently, to seal the meat. 4.
▪ Forest wardens, verderers, regarders, foresters and sworn jurors made presentments before them of offences against vert and venison.
▪ He serves the venison with a wild rice compote that contains sun-dried pears, a hard-to-find ingredient.
▪ If boar can not be found, a saddle of pork or venison can be used.
▪ Marshall knew that a vegetarian would not eat venison even if it were free.
▪ No venison for him at Christmas.
▪ There also is a faction that claims it resembles venison.
▪ Two hundred years ago the estate's area supported 1,500 people, and everyone had venison as a right.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
venison

Deer \Deer\ (d[=e]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal, wild animal, AS. de['o]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d[=y]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin. [root]7

  1. ] 1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

    Mice and rats, and such small deer.
    --Shak.

    The camel, that great deer.
    --Lindisfarne MS.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervid[ae]. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

    Note: The deer hunted in England is Cervus elaphus, called also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is Cervus dama; the common American deer is Cervus Virginianus; the blacktailed deer of Western North America is Cervus Columbianus; and the mule deer of the same region is Cervus macrotis. See Axis, Fallow deer, Mule deer, Reindeer.

    Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying, deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.

    Deer mouse (Zo["o]l.), the white-footed mouse ( Peromyscus leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) of America.

    Small deer, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the first definition, above.) ``Minor critics . . . can find leisure for the chase of such small deer.''
    --G. P. Marsh.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
venison

c.1300, from Old French venesoun "meat of large game," especially deer or boar, also "a hunt," from Latin venationem (nominative venatio) "a hunt, hunting, the chase," also "game as the product of the hunt," from venatus, past participle of venari "to hunt, pursue," probably from PIE *wen-a-, from root *wen- (1) "to strive for, desire" (see Venus).

Wiktionary
venison

n. The meat of a deer.

WordNet
venison

n. meat from a deer used as food

Wikipedia
Venison

Venison is a general term pertaining to the meat of a deer. Venison can be used to refer to any part of the deer, so long as it can be consumed, including the flesh and internal organs. Venison, much like beef, is categorized into specific cuts, including roast, sirloin, and ribs.

Venison (disambiguation)

Venison is the meat of a game animal.

Venison may also refer to:

  • Barry Venison (born 1964), English footballer and television pundit
  • Venison Island, island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Venison Tickle, Newfoundland and Labrador, settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Haunch of Venison, art gallery in London, England

Usage examples of "venison".

All the time, he fed her, and himself, bits of cold smoked venison, hard cheese, oat cake, and bannock, even tart cherries, all washed down with cold ale.

His jerked venison, pemmican, and the other food Winona had packed for him were all in a parfleche on Pegasus.

Three men crowded about the substantial fireplace, discussing the advantages of their weapons, while Lady Worthing and another woman chatted in a corner, and the servants bustled about laying a feast of scotch broth, game pies, venison stew, and crusty bread.

They had plenty of jerky and smoked fish, but every so often Smoke got a hankering for venison, the tender backstrap fried in a skillet or slow-roasted on a spit above a bed of coals.

And Verty betook himself to his work, only stopping to partake of his dinner of cold venison and biscuits.

Pilgrims dined on venison, roast duck, roast goose, clams, eels, corn, beans, wheat and corn breads, leeks, watercress, wild plums, and homemade wine.

The men sat by the ash of their dead fire and shared stale flatbread and a strip of venison jerky.

Cross, and the Frenchers set their tablecloths to fluttering in the wind, with all the stains of fish-bones and venison steaks upon them.

For seven weeks they stayed at Kincardine, every guest bringing with him a large supply of game or venison, though the castle larders already held an immense amount of food.

When he, with Bruyas and Maricourt, approached Onondaga, which had long before risen from its ashes, they were greeted with a fusillade of joy, and regaled with the sweet stalks of young maize, followed by the more substantial refreshment of venison and corn beaten together into a pulp and boiled.

There were market boats moored along the levee of the river, come to bring fish and shellfish, venison, rabbits, squirrel, raccoons, opossums, and robins, black birds, pigeons, and the small plovers called papabottes, known for their aphrodisiac qualities among Creole gentlemen, plus vegetables tied in bundles or heaped in baskets, and exotic fruits from the West Indies.

At these ceremonies the six ladies-in-waiting were expected to remain on their feet for hours on end, without food or drink, without speaking, without coughing or sneezing, as the Queen and her guestsprinces, dukes, margraves, ambassadorsstuffed themselves on steaming plates of peacock or venison or wild boar, all washed down with kegs of Pilsener or bottles of wine.

There were two fine English hunting-saddles and tack, common saddles for the servants, two pack-saddles for bringing in venison from the veld, a large bell tent for a kitchen and dining room, folding chairs and tables to furnish it.

My cook knew little beyond his roasts and stews, and Lynesse soon lost her taste for fish and venison.

She loved the reds, the deepest, plummiest, earthiest ones, made with the top-quality grapes, Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah, Cinsault, to be drunk with foods like the ripest cheese, foie gras, truffle-stuffed chicken or squab, venison with wild mushrooms, beef ribs and rice.