the fat, usually salted, from the upper part of a side of pork
fatback in American English
(ˈfætˌbæk)
US
noun
1.
fat from the back of a hog, usually dried and salted in strips
2.
menhaden
fatback in American English
(ˈfætˌbæk)
noun
1. (chiefly in South Midland and Southern U.S.)
the fat and fat meat from the upper part of a side of pork, usually cured by salt
2.
any marine clupeid fish of the genus Brevoortia, especially B. tyrannus, resembling a shad but with a more compressed body, common along the eastern coast of the U.S., and used for making oil and fertilizer; menhaden
3.
the bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
4.
a mullet
Word origin
[1700–10, Amer.; fat + back1]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cozy, emphatic, envelope, hump