Found 2 items, similar to Flitches.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: flitch flitch n 1: fish steak usually cut from a halibut 2: salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork [syn: side of bacon ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flitches Flitch \Flitch\, n.; pl. Flitches. [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. fl[=i]k flap, tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n.] 1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam. [1913 Webster] 3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]