shecht

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English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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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