Force-feeding

"Gavage" redirects here. For the medical procedure in general, see Feeding tube.
A suffragette is force-fed in HM Prison Holloway in the UK during hunger strikes for women's suffrage, approximately 1911.[1]

Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or animal against their will. The term gavage (UK: /ˈɡævɑːʒ, ɡæˈvɑːʒ/,[2][3] US: /ɡəˈvɑːʒ/,[3][4] French: [ɡavaʒ] ⓘ) refers to supplying a substance by means of a small plastic feeding tube passed through the nose (nasogastric) or mouth (orogastric) into the stomach.

  1. ^ Pankhurst, Sylvia (1911). The Suffragette. New York: Sturgis & Walton Company. p. 433.
  2. ^ "gavage". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-03-22.
  3. ^ a b "Gavage". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ "gavage". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 4 July 2019.