pope's eye

noun

The gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.

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Meanings

noun
  1. The gland surrounded with fat in the middle of the thigh of an ox or sheep.

    "Our good Annie would cook for you; and you should have the hot new milk, and the pope's eye from the mutton; and every foot of you would become a yard in about a fortnight."

    1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter L, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC
  2. A cut of steak from the buttock muscles of a bovine

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Welsh cnau'r forddwydydd
  • cnau'r forddwydyddlymph gland
Cite this entry
APA

pope's eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pope's%20eye

MLA

“pope's eye.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pope's%20eye. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pope's eye,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pope's%20eye.

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