sausage casing

English

Noun

sausage casing (plural sausage casings)

1. The membrane into which the filling of a sausage is stuffed.

Usage notes

• Originally the casing was the washed intestine of an animal, but now sometimes a synthetic substitute.

Translations

membrane into which filling of a sausage is stuffed

• Czech: střívko (cs) n
• Finnish: makkarankuori (fi)
• German: Wursthülle f, Naturdarm (de) m (natürliche Wursthülle), Kunstdarm m (künstliche Wursthülle), Saitling (de)
• Meänkieli: makkarankuori
• Swedish: korvskinn (sv) n, fjälster (sv)