flicche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• flichche, flucche, flyche, flytch
• flicke, flycke, flikke, flykke, fflykke, flyc, flyk

Etymology

Inherited from Old English fliċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *flikkī, from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją. Forms with hard k(k)/c(k) likely rather from Old Norse flikki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈflik(ə)/

Noun

flicche (plural flicches)

1. The flank or side of an animal, especially one of a pig which has been made into bacon; a flitch.

Descendants

• English: flitch
• Scots: fleech

References

• “flicche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.