Venison
Venison (?; 277) , noun
[Old English veneison, veneson, venison, Old French veneison, French venaison, Latin venatio hunting, the chase, game, from venari, p. p. venatus, to hunt; perhaps akin to Old High German weidinōn, weidenen, to pasture, to hunt, German weide pasturage. Compare Gain to acquire, Venation.]
1.
Beasts of the chase. [Obsolete] — Fabyan
2.
Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.