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▪ I. barbecue, n.|ˈbɑːbɪkjuː|
Forms: 7 barbecu, 7–8 borbecu, 8 barbicue, 7–9 barbacue, 8– barbecue, (9 babracot).
[ad. Sp. barbacoa, a. Haitian barbacòa (E. B. Tylor) ‘a framework of sticks set upon posts’; evidently the same as the babracot (? a French spelling) of the Indians of Guyana, mentioned by Im Thurn. (The alleged Fr. barbe à queue ‘beard to tail,’ is an absurd conjecture suggested merely by the sound of the word.)]
1. A rude wooden framework, used in America for sleeping on, and for supporting above a fire meat that is to be smoked or dried.
1697W. Dampier Voy. (1699) I. 20 And lay there all night, upon our Borbecu's, or frames of Sticks, raised about 3 foot from the Ground. Ibid. I. 86 His Couch or Barbecu of Sticks. 1879J. W. Boddam-Whetham Roraima xiv. 155 For preservation, a barbecue is erected, and the fish are smoked over a fire. 1883E. F. Im Thurn Indians of Guiana ii. 47 Fires, above which were babracots loaded with beef. Ibid. xi. 248 A babracot is a stage of green sticks built over a fire on which the meat is laid.
2. An iron frame for broiling very large joints.
1736Bailey Househ. Dict. 347 When the belly side is..steady upon the gridiron or barbecue, pour into the belly of the hog, etc.
3. A hog, ox, or other animal broiled or roasted whole; see also quot. 1861, and barbecue v. 2.
1764Foote Patron i. i. (1774) 6, I am invited to dinner on a barbicu. 1825Schuylkill Fishing Co. in Bibliographer Dec. (1881) 25/1 A fine barbacue with spiced sauce. 1861Tylor Anahuac iv. 95 A kid that had been cooked in a hole in the ground, with embers upon it... This is called a ‘barbacoa’—a barbecue.
4. a. A large social entertainment, usually in the open air, at which animals are roasted whole, and other provisions liberally supplied. Also attrib. orig. U.S.
1733B. Lynde Diary (1880) 138 Fair and hot; Browne, barbacue; hack overset. 1809W. Irving Knickerb. iv. ix. (1849) 240 Engaged in a great ‘barbecue,’ a kind of festivity or carouse much practised in Merryland. 1815Salem (Mass.) Gaz. 30 June 3/2 An elegant Barbacue Dinner. 1881H. Pierson In Brush 90 On any occasion when the barbecue feast was to be the agreeable conclusion. 1884Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 27 Oct. 2/3 At the Brooklyn barbecue, which Governor Cleveland recently attended, 5000 kegs of beer were dispensed. 1935Words Mar. 6/2 Today the American countryside is heavily sprinkled with barbecue stands. 1938D. Runyon Take it Easy 302 They are down in Florida running a barbecue stand. 1957Daily Mail 5 Sept. 11/5 Anywhere they [sc. Americans] can find a clearing with a barbecue-pit set up, they bring out masses of steaks..and the bag of charcoal to make the fire. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 41/3 (Advt.), Lovely covered patio with built-in barbecue. 1968Peace News 21 June 7/4 (Advt.), London WC i. 7.30 p.m. 29 Great James Street. Summer Peace Party and Barbecue.
b. A structure for cooking food over an open fire of wood or charcoal, usu. out of doors, and freq. as part of a party or other social entertainment.
1931Sunset June 10 (heading) How to build a barbecue. 1933C. McKay Banana Bottom vii. 88 Her husband..had been the best barbecue-builder of Banana Bottom. 1965Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 9 Oct. 17/9 To make a flowerpot barbecue get a clay flowerpot... When all the charcoal is red start cooking. 1975Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 17 Aug. 8/2 We all know the taste of corn roasted on the barbecue. 1980Daily Tel. 26 June 3/1 A 10 ft high 8 ft wide barbecue with two chimneys..in the garden..has got to be pulled down. 1986Pract. Householder July 15/1 The delicious aroma drifting across a neighbour's fence of food cooking over charcoal is enough to make anyone yearn for a barbecue of their own.
5. An open floor on which coffee-beans, etc. may be spread out to dry.
1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! xix. (D.), The barbecu or terrace of white plaster, which ran all round the front. 1883Cassell's Mag. Aug. 528/1 The [coffee-]beans..are carried to the ‘barbacue,’ an open space paved with cement or asphalte, where they are spread on matting..to dry. 1885A. Brassey In Trades 235 A barbecue is the name given, in Jamaica, to the house which contains the threshing-floor and apparatus for drying the coffee.
▪ II. barbecue, v.|ˈbɑːbɪkjuː|
Forms: 7–9 barbacue, -icu(e, 8– ikew, 8– barbecue.
[f. prec. n.]
1. To dry or cure (flesh, etc.) by exposure upon a barbecue; see the n. (senses 1 and 5).
1661Hickeringill Jamaica 76 Some are slain, And their flesh forthwith Barbacu'd and eat. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 408 They cut them [pompions] into..slices, which they barbacue, or dry with a slow heat. 1794Stedman Surinam (1813) I. xv. 406 They use little or no salt, but barbacue their game and fish in the smoke. 1839[see barbecued 1].
2. To broil or roast (an animal) whole; e.g. to split a hog to the backbone, fill the belly with wine and stuffing, and cook it on a huge gridiron, basting with wine. Sometimes, to cook (a joint) with the same accessories. See also barbecue n. 3.
1690A. Behn Widow R. ii. iv. 356 Let's barbicu this fat rogue. 1702C. Mather Magn. Christi vii. vi. (1852) 556 When they came to see the bodies of so many of their countrymen terribly barbikew'd. 1769Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 111 To barbecue a Leg of Pork. 1823Lamb Roast Pig, Elia (1867) 163 Barbecue your whole hogs to your palate. 1920J. M. Hunter Trail Drivers of Texas 82 We killed and barbecued a beef. |