Peking duck


Peking duck

n. A Chinese dish of roast duck with crispy skin, often served with thin pancakes, scallions, and hoisin sauce.
[After Peking (Beijing), China.]

Pe′king duck′


n. a Chinese dish of the crisp skin and meat of a roasted duck combined with scallions and hoisin sauce and folded in thin pancakes. [1875–80]