From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Food, dishmuttonmut‧ton /ˈmʌtn/ noun1[uncountable]DFF the meat from a sheep → lamb2 →mutton dressed as lambExamples from the Corpusmutton• Veal and mutton too have decreased in per capita consumption during the past five years.• Baked in a kiln at the old cornmill, the filling was made from mutton and fowl.• The novicesemptyvats of muttonscraps into the dustbins and pack them down with their bare hands.• He had eaten roastmutton and apple charlotte.• He therefore ordered an early dinner of roast mutton to be served in his quarters at three o'clock that afternoon.• Imagine an entirenation of people missing their mutton.• Classifications of sheep are lamb, yearlingmutton, and mutton.• Older carcasses are described as lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton.Originmutton(1200-1300)Old Frenchmoton"(male) sheep"