I. ˈflich noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English flicche, from Old English flicce; akin to Middle Low German vlicke flitch, Old Norse flikki, and probably to Old Norse flā to flay — more at flay
1.
a. obsolete : the side of any meat animal salted and cured
b. : a side of pork cured and smoked ; often : the side meat of a hog after removal of shoulder, loin, ham, and bones cured and smoked as bacon
c. : a strip or steak of fish (as halibut) suitable for or prepared by smoking
2.
a. : a longitudinal section of a log: as
(1) : an outer slab cut off in shaping a timber
(2) : a thick and often specially selected length of timber for further processing (as by cutting into veneer or turning)
(3) : a thick cut of timber with bark on one or more edges
(4) : a lengthwise half of a balk
b. : a complete package of thin sheets of veneer laid together in sequence as they are sawed or sliced
3. : one of several elements (as planks or iron plates) that are secured together side by side to make a large girder or laminated beam
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to cut into flitches (as fish) or cut flitches from (as logs)