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cowheel

cowheel noun: the foot or trotter of a cow, used as food (typically stewed to form a jelly).

Noun

cowheel (plural cowheels)

  1. The foot or trotter of a cow, used as food (typically stewed to form a jelly).
    • I shall trouble Mr Stanly for a Little of the fried Cowheel and Onion.1789, Jane Austen, ‘The Visit’, Juvenilia

Forms of cowheel

pluralcowheels

Origin of cowheel

From cow + heel.

Questions about cowheel

What does cowheel mean?
Cowheel means the foot or trotter of a cow, used as food (typically stewed to form a jelly).
What part of speech is cowheel?
Cowheel is a noun.
What is the plural of cowheel?
The plural of cowheel is cowheels.

Words near cowheel in the dictionary

  1. cowhand
  2. cowhands
  3. cowheard
  4. cowheards
  5. cowhearted
  6. cowheel
  7. cowheels
  8. Cowher
  9. cowherb
  10. cowherd
  11. cowherder

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