haggis Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach

Scot. hag to hack, chop, E. hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E. hash), fr. hacher.

A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck. Written also haggiss, haggess, and haggies.