English Explanatory Dictionary

flitch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
  2. A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
verb
  1. To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.

Pronunciation

/flɪtʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flitch.wav

Word forms

flitch flitches flitching flitched

Etymology

From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke.

Derived words

Dunmow flitch
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