veal

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

1. The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.
2. The female genitalia.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). Doublet of vitellus.

1. To raise a calf for meat production.

   “The division outside the vealing place is for a cow that has had or is near having calf.”

   “It was about the size of a vealed calf, but shorter in the legs, and much longer in the body.”