suet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hard fat around the kidneys and loins in beef and sheep

WordNet

Su"et noun
Etymology
OE. suet, dim. fr. OF. seu, suif, F. suif, L. sebum. Cf. Soap, Sebaceous.
Definitions
  1. The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.

Webster 1913