cutlet

Meaning

Noun

• A thin slice of meat, usually fried.
• A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken or beef) cut from the side of an animal.
• A piece of fish that has been cut perpendicular to the spine, rather than parallel (as with a fillet); often synonymous with steak.
• A prawn or shrimp with its head and outer shell removed, leaving only the flesh and tail.

Origin

• From French côtelette (recorded in English since 1706), from Middle French costelette, from coste + -elette, from Old French coste, from Latin costa. Influenced by English cut, as if from cut + -let.