Crossword clues for hogget
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hogget \Hog"get\, n. [See Hog, and Hoggerel.]
A young boar of the second year.
A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly UK NZ English) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth). 2 (context chiefly UK NZ English) The meat of a hogget (sheep). 3 (context chiefly UK English) A young boar of the second year.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Hogget may refer to:
- A domestic sheep between one and two years of age.
- The meat from such an animal. Hogget meat tends to have a darker red color than meat from a younger lamb and to have a slightly richer flavor.
- The wool of such an animal. Hogget is the name of the first shearing of a sheep older than 3 months, and is the best wool that animal will ever give. It still has the unsheared lamb's wool, yet it is longer. Hand spinners prize such wool.
Usage examples of "hogget".
Twenty miles away, Sextus, and I have been able to buy a flock of hogget sheep.
The ancient creature palmed off upon the unsuspecting caterer as a hogget had been a familiar sight, stumping slowly about upon the deck.
A chalkboard listed the day's specials: hogget stew, baked adag in cream sauce, and grilled rhamphorhynchus with garlic butter.
It seems he has some hoggets up there with a rot of the feet, he and his man came back only to get a supply of the wash to treat them.