lardon

[lahr-dn]

lar·don

[lahr-dn]
noun
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
Also, lar·doon [lahr-doon] .


Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English lardun < Middle French lardon piece of pork, equivalent to lard lard + -on noun suffix
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lardon or lardoon (ˈlɑːdən, lɑːˈduːn)
 
n
a strip or cube of fat or bacon used in larding meat
 
[C15: from Old French, from lard]
 
lardoon or lardoon
 
n
 
[C15: from Old French, from lard]

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