haslet

• acelet, harslet, hasslet

Inherited from Middle English hastelet, from Anglo-Norman hastilet (“roast meat”), diminutive of haste (“spear, spit, roast meat”), from Latin hasta (“spear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪzlɪt/, /ˈheɪslɪt/, /ˈhæzlɪt/, /ˈhæslɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪslɪt

haslet (plural haslets)

1. The internal organs of an animal, especially the heart and liver of a pig.

   Synonym: offal

2. A meatloaf made of these organs.
   • 1914, Gesine Lemcke, European and American cuisine, page 309:

     Shortly before serving lay the haslet on a warm dish, melt 1 ounce butter in a small saucepan […]

• Leaths, Lesath, Shelta, Stahle, Thales, athels, halest, lathes

From Ottoman Turkish خصلت (haslet), from Arabic خَصْلَة (ḵaṣla).

haslet (definite accusative hasleti, plural hasletler)

1. trait, character