1
: a side of cured meat
especially
: a side of bacon
2
: a longitudinal section of a log
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In China, the wood is sold from warehouses in ports on the coast and on the Yangtze River to furniture makers farther inland who turn flitches into fancy furnishings.
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Carlos Duarte, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
On a routine patrol a few months earlier, a forest ranger had discovered a pile of flitches waiting for pick-up in a clearing between the woods and the access road.
—Carlos Duarte, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
Madison is a family name — his great-grandfather’s name and Pryor’s middle name — and flitch is the Old English word for a wood slab.
—Anne Kniggendorf, kansascity.com, 15 May 2017
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Carlos Duarte, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
On a routine patrol a few months earlier, a forest ranger had discovered a pile of flitches waiting for pick-up in a clearing between the woods and the access road.
—Carlos Duarte, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
Madison is a family name — his great-grandfather’s name and Pryor’s middle name — and flitch is the Old English word for a wood slab.
—Anne Kniggendorf, kansascity.com, 15 May 2017
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“Flitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flitch. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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