calf's-foot jelly

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   a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet

   Broadergelatin

Questions about calf's-foot jelly

What does calf's-foot jelly mean?

calf's-foot jelly means "a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet".

Is calf's-foot jelly a common word?

calf's-foot jelly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.