noun
butchery; meat processing; dressing
Refers to the industrial or skilled process of slaughtering livestock and cutting carcasses into meat cuts. Often used in agricultural, veterinary, and food-processing contexts.
食肉解体の技術を学ぶために専門学校に通っている。
I'm attending a vocational school to learn meat processing techniques.
この工場では、牛の食肉解体が毎日行われている。
Cattle butchery is carried out daily at this plant.
Compound of 食肉 (shokuniku, 'meat for consumption') and 解体 (kaitai, 'dismantling, dissection'). The term is technical and primarily used in food-processing and agricultural contexts.