trepang
/trɪˈpaŋ
/noun
Another term for bêche-de-mer (sense 1).Certainly trepang from this trade reached China....
- The flesh of the trepang has to be drenched in water for a long time prior to cooking, in order to remove a lot of the gelatinous goo, or so I'm told.
- This trade included the abundant trepang harvested in north Australia.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Malay teripang.
Rhymes
- Robin Goodfellow
- robing room
- robing table
- Robin Hood
- Robin Hood bargain
- Robin Hood hat
- Robin Hooding
- Robin Hoodism
- Robin Hood's hatband
- Robin Hood tale
- Robin Hood tax
- robin huss
- robinia
- Robinocracy
- robin-red
- robin redbreast
- robin's-egg
- robin's-egg blue
- robin snipe
- robin snow
- Robinsonade
- Robinson Crusoe
- Robinson, Edward G.
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington
- Robinson, Heath