flitch

noun

1. the cured and salted side of a hog; side of bacon
2. a lengthwise strip or beam cut from a tree trunk
3. either of two thick boards bolted together with a steel plate between them to form a beam ()

Origin: ME flicche < OE flicce, akin to ON flikki < IE base *plē, *plēi-, to tear (off) > flay

transitive verb

Origin: < the n.