carcass

noun6

1. •
   The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.

   • Despite all of the groups' experiences with leopards and carcasses in trees, neither the vervets nor the baboons gave alarm calls at the sight of the carcass alone. — 1992
2. •
   The body of a slaughtered animal, stripped of unwanted viscera, etc.

   • Lean flavor scores for this muscle were lower than those for ribeye, especially in Prime grade carcasses. — 1961
3. •
   The body of a dead human, a corpse.

   • And when their scattered armie is subdu’d: / And you march on their slaughtered carkasses, / Share equally the gold that bought their liues, / And liue like Gentlmen in Persea, […] — 1587
4. •
   (slang) The body of a live person or animal.

   • "If you saw the care she takes over hoisting her beastly old carcass up and down those stairs, you could make a sure bet against her having another accident there." — 1950
5. •
   The framework of a structure, such as a cabinet, especially one not normally seen.
6. •
   An early incendiary ship-to-ship projectile consisting of an iron shell filled with saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine, antimony and tallow with vents for flame.