buccan
1 of 2transitive 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
2 of 2noun
"
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"