Flitch
/flɪtʃ/noun
A side of bacon, especially one cured and cut from a pig; also a large slice or slab.
Did you know?Flitch comes from Old English *flicce*, and in medieval England a married couple could even win a whole flitch of bacon for proving they’d stayed happily devoted for a year and a day.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*plāk-
“to split, strike, or peel off”
Old English
OE
flicce
“a side of bacon; a slab of meat”
Middle English
ME
flitche
“a side of bacon or a large slice”
Modern English
English
flitch
“a side of bacon; a thick slice or slab”