buccan

transitive verb

buc·can | \ (ˌ)bəˈkan, ˈbəkən\

variants: or bucan or boucan \ (ˈ)bü¦kan , -kän \

-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of buccan

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

buccan

noun

\ "\

variants: or bucan or boucan \ " \

plural -s

Definition of buccan (Entry 2 of 2)

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

2 : buccaned meat

History and Etymology for buccan

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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