The to stop is a Artisan in charge of the preparation and sale of the Viande. The etymological originie of this word comes from the commercial activity which exerts a person to sell of the meat of goat.

It buys the meat in the Abattoir S or in wholesalers, on foot or already shot down. It cuts out it and bones it, then deals with its sale in the Boucherie. Usually, it is limited to the meats of Bœuf, calf, pig and Mouton, and sell also Volaille.

The trade of the pigmeats is traditionally reserved for the Charcutier S. the meat of Cheval is sold by the to stop equine . Nowadays, this strict delimitation of the roles tends to grow blurred.

As of the origins the butchers were influential tradesmen. With the the Middle Ages, the corporation of the butchers with Paris is very rich and powerful.

Anecdote

The ancestor of the kings capétiens, Robert the Fort, whose origin is rather mysterious, would be the son of a butcher… (in: Jean Duchy, French history told in Juliette , p 112)

See too

• Porkbutcher

Category: Trade of mouth

Simple: Butcher

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