sheepmeat

plural sheepmeats

1. uncountableusuallyThe meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.

   Wool and sheepmeat combined form New Zealand's largest export industry: wool on its own is the fourth largest.

   1995, Julian Roche, The International Wool Trade, Woodhead Publishing, published 1995, →ISBN, page 114

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   I do not know what will be the outcome of the argument about levels of radioactive caesium in sheepmeat (alias mutton or lamb) in North Wales and Cumbria, let alone in Scotland.

   1986 July 17, Tam Dalyell, “Castles in the air”, in New Scientist

   However, the full effects of castration on sheepmeat flavor remain unclear and other factors, including age at slaughter, also need to be considered.

   1999, Jennifer M. Ames, Michelle M. Sutherland, “Effect of Castration and Slaughter Age on The Flavor of Sheepmeat”, in Youling L. Xiong, Chi-Tang Ho, Fereidoon Shahidi, editors, Quality Attributes of Muscle Foods, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, →ISBN, page 148

   Synonyms: sheepflesh