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‖ biltong|ˈbɪltɒŋ| Also (corruptly) beltong, bell-tongue. [S. African Dutch, f. bil buttock + tong tongue, ‘because it is mostly cut from the buttock, and in appearance somewhat resembles a smoked neat's-tongue’ (Changuion).] Strips of lean meat (of antelope, buffalo, etc.) dried in the sun.
1815A. Plumtre Lichtenstein's Trav. II. 77 He lived almost entirely upon dried mutton and biltong. 1863Baldwin Afr. Hunting 111, I..converted the most of them into bell-tongue. 1879R. J. Atcherley Boërland 149 Cut up into strips, and hung to dry on the tree for biltong. |