fleshhook

English

Etymology

From flesh +‎ hook.

Noun

fleshhook (plural fleshhooks)

  1. (historical) A hook designed to lift meat out of boiling water.
    • 2005, Edward White, The Fat Belongs to God, page 45:
      It was the custom of Eli's sons (the priest) that when any man brought a sacrifice to God, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook in his hand.

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