sheepfleshEtymologyFrom sheep + flesh. Compare Dutch schapenvlees (“mutton”), German Schaffleisch (“sheep meat, mutton”).sheepflesh means the meat or flesh of sheep; mutton. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.nounThe meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.“Everybody wore home-made clothing; and that wool might not become scarce, the use of sheepflesh, for food, was discouraged.”