hippophagy (n.)

"食用马肉的行为或实践"，1823年，来自 hippo- "马" + -phagy "吃"（参见 -phagous）。托勒密使用 hippophagi 来描述中亚某些游牧部落。相关词汇： Hippophagous（1828）。

Europeans have generally regarded horse-flesh as unfit for food; but hippophagy or horse-eating has always existed among some rude races, and has been advocated by many gastronomers in Europe. In Paris horse-flesh has long been surreptitiously dealt in as a cheap article of diet, and its sale, under strict official supervision, was authorized in 1866. The necessary use of it there during the siege of 1870-1 brought it into more general favor, which has been maintained. It is also eaten to some extent in other countries. [Century Dictionary, 1903]

欧洲人普遍认为马肉不适合食用； 但是在一些原始的种族中一直存在着食用马肉的习惯，并且在欧洲得到了许多美食家的支持。在巴黎，马肉长期以来一直被偷偷摆卖作为一种廉价的食品，在严格的官方监管下，其销售在1866年被授权。在1870-1年的围城期间，人们不得不食用马肉，这使得它更受欢迎，至今仍然如此。在其他国家，人们也在一定程度上食用马肉。[世纪词典，1903年]