fleshmeat

== English == === Alternative forms === flesh-meat === Etymology === From Old English flǣsċmete, equivalent to flesh +‎ meat. === Pronunciation === === Noun === fleshmeat (countable and uncountable, plural fleshmeats) (dated) The flesh of animals (excluding fish or invertebrates) used or prepared for food. Synonym: meat a. 1529, John Skelton, Colyn Cloute, London: Richard Kele, c. 1545,[1] some of you do eate / In lenton season fleshe mete ==== Usage notes ==== Originally used to specify foods comprising animal flesh when the word meat was a general term for food of any kind; compare spoonmeat, sweetmeat.