gobbet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a lump, chunk, or fragment of something soft, especially raw flesh

   Large gobbets of flesh lay scattered across the floor of the den.

2. 2
   noun

   British education: a short extract from a text or image provided for analysis in an examination

   The history exam asked students to identify and discuss a gobbet from the treaty.

From Middle English gobet, borrowed from Old French gobet ("mouthful, small piece"), a diminutive related to gobe ("mouth") and gober ("to gulp"). The examination sense treats a passage offered for commentary as a small piece cut from a larger work.

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