Flitch Definition

flĭch
noun
The cured and salted side of a hog; side of bacon.
Webster's New World
A lengthwise strip or beam cut from a tree trunk.
Webster's New World
Either of two thick boards bolted together with a steel plate between them to form a beam (flitch beam)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To cut so as to form flitches.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Flitch

Noun

Singular:
flitch
Plural:
flitches

Origin of Flitch

  • Old English fliċċe, from Proto-Germanic *flikjan.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English flicche from Old English flicce

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Flitch Sentence Examples

  • The off side flitch panel before and after Decided to attack the off side flitch panel once the engine and gearbox was out.

  • The nearside chassis flitch was found to need more work than first expected.

  • A revival of the custom was effected in 1855 by Harrison Ainsworth, author of the novel The Flitch of Bacon, but the scene of the ceremony was transferred to the town hall of Great Dunmow.

  • The charges of coal fall into the hopper with a heavy shock, and in order to save the knife-edges there is a strong pin in each side of the hopper below the knife-edge, which, before the charge of coal is dropped into the hopper, is acted on by a strong horizontal flitch - plate, which heaves the hopper off the knife-edges and relieves them from the shock.

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Words Starting With

FFLFLI

Words Ending With

HCHTCH

Unscrambles

flitch

Words Starting With F and Ending With H

Starts With F & Ends With HStarts With FL & Ends With HStarts With F & Ends With CH

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With H

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