butcheryn.[OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See Butcher, n.]1. The business of a butcher.()2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter.(Shak.)The perpetration of human butchery. (Prescott.)3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.()Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. (Fabyan.)()