shecht

English

Etymology

From Yiddish שעכטן‎ (shekhtn), from Hebrew שָׁחַט‎ (shakhát) (Ashkenazi Hebrew: Shókhat).

Verb

shecht (third-person singular simple present shechts, present participle shechting, simple past and past participle shechted)

  1. (Judaism) to perform shechita, to ritually slaughter

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