English

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Etymology

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From cow +‎ heel.

Noun

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cowheel (plural cowheels)

  1. The foot or trotter of a cow, used as food (typically stewed to form a jelly).
    • 1789, Jane Austen, ‘The Visit’, Juvenilia:
      I shall trouble Mr Stanly for a Little of the fried Cowheel and Onion.