flitch
/flɪtʃ/noun
1
- a slab of timber cut from a tree trunk, usually from the outside（树干上锯下的）料板, 板皮。
2
- （亦作flitch plate）the strengthening plate in a flitch beam组合板梁; 组合板。
3
- chiefly dialect a side of bacon〈主方〉腌熏猪肋条肉。
词源
Old English flicce, originally denoting the salted and cured side of any meat, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German vlicke.