Salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork

• Move quickly, getting children some meat
• Hog side
• Fish steak usually cut from a halibut
• Side of bacon

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"side of bacon," Middle English flicche (c.1200), "side of a slaughtered animal," especially the salted and cured side of a hog, from Old English flicce "flitch of bacon, ham," from Proto-Germanic *flekkja (cognates: Old Norse flikki , Middle Low German ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The side of an animal, now only a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. vb. (cx transitive English) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. fish steak usually cut from a halibut salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork [syn: side of bacon ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Flitch can refer to the following things: Flitch (wood) , a piece of wood for resawing into smaller pieces Flitch (bacon) , a side of unsliced bacon The flitch trials of Great Dunmow