n.
[Hindi kabāb]
[Now more commonly spelled kabob.]
1. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia. [Also spelled kebab, kebob, or kabab.]
2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.
shish cabob See shish kebob.
[PJC]
Ca·bob
v. t.
To roast, as a cabob. Sir. T. Herbert.
