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gralloch

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gralloch [ˈgrælək (Scot) ˈgrælɒx] Brit
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the entrails of a deer
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) the act or an instance of disembowelling a deer killed in a hunt
vb (tr)
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to disembowel (a deer killed in a hunt)
[from Scottish Gaelic grealach intestines]


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She then fainted at the gralloch, the traditional gutting of the animal.
The League of Cruel Sports was outraged when it was revealed she had shot but failed to kill a red deer - leaving a servant to put the animal out of its misery - and then fainted at the gralloch, the traditional gutting of the animal.
 
 
 
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