buccan

1 of 2

transitive verb

buc·​can

(ˌ)bəˈkan,

ˈbəkən

variants or bucan or boucan

(ˈ)bü¦kan,

-kän

-ed/-ing/-s

: to expose (meat) in strips to fire and smoke upon a buccan

buccan

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noun

"

variants or bucan or boucan

"

plural -s

1

: a wooden frame or grid for roasting, smoking, or drying meat over fire

2

: buccaned meat

Word History

Etymology

Transitive verb

borrowed from Middle French boucaner, verbal derivative of boucan "wooden frame for roasting or smoking meat"

Noun

borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Tupi mokaʔẽ́, mbokaʔẽ́, from mo-, mbo-, causative marker + kaʔẽ "to be roasted, dried"

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