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]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.