BILTONG

biltong

(noun) meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

biltong (countable and uncountable, plural biltongs)

(South Africa, Zimbabwe) A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.

Anagrams

• bolting, long bit

Source: Wiktionary


Bil"tong, n. Etym: [S. African.]

Definition: Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. H. R. Haggard.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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