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flitch

Syllabification: (flitch)
Pronunciation: /fliCH/
Definition of flitch

noun

  • 1a slab of timber cut from a tree trunk, usually from the outside.
  • 2 (also flitch plate) the strengthening plate in a flitch beam.
  • 3chiefly dialect a side of bacon.

Origin:

Old English flicce, originally denoting the salted and cured side of any meat, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German vlicke

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