bocherie

Bourguignon

Etymology

Inherited from Old French boucherie; by surface analysis, bochei +‎ -erie.

Noun

bocherie m (plural bocheries)

1. butchery

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bocheri, bochery, bocherye, bowcherie, bucherie, buchery

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French boucherie; by surface analysis, bocher +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbut͡ʃəˈriː(ə)/, /ˈbut͡ʃəriː(ə)/

Noun

bocherie (plural bocheries)

1. A slaughterhouse (often with facilities for preparing and selling meat)
2. (rare) As a whole, butchers or their craft.

Related terms

• bocherie

Descendants

• English: butchery

References

• “bọ̄cherīe, bǒch-, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.