English Explanatory Dictionary

chitterling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The frill to the breast of a shirt.
  2. A single piece of chitterlings (intestine used as food).

Word forms

chitterling chitterlings

Etymology

From Middle English chiterling, of uncertain origin. Compare Middle Low German kǖtel (“entrails, tripe”), German Kuttel (“tripe”), West Flemish kiet, kijte (“milt, fish roe”), Scots kyte (“belly, stomach”).

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