PEMMICAN


Meaning of PEMMICAN in English

n. 1 a cake of dried pounded meat mixed with melted fat, orig. made by n. American Indians. 2 beef so treated and flavoured with currants etc. for use by Arctic travellers etc.

[ Cree pimecan f. pime fat ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.