stewer
nounEtymology From stew + -er.
1
A bird (especially, a chicken) suitable for cooking by stewing.
- In the 1960's culling hens and cockerels accounted for the main share of all live poultry exports. In more recent years, exports of live stewers, ducks, and geese have trended downward while foreign trade of live broilers and turkeys has greatly increased.1972, Cline Jefferson Warren, The Netherlands Poultry Meat Industry, page 4:
2
Someone who stews food.
3
Southern US, Colloquial A lidded pot with a handle, suitable for stewing.
- Related terms
- souper, stew in one's juices