Car"nage (?), n. [F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1.
Flesh of slain animals or men.
A multitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage.
Macaulay.
2.
Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.
The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit.
Macaulay.
© Webster 1913.