flicche

Middle English

Alternative forms

• flicke, flyc, flyk, flyche, flucche, fflykke, flytch, flichche

Etymology

From Old English fliċċe, from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflitʃ(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: flake, fleech

References

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