biltongnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbɪl.tɒŋ/us/ˈbɪl.tɑːŋ/South African Englishmeat that has been cut into long pieces, flavoured with spices, and dried
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Kinds of meat
- bacon
- broiler
- capon
- chicken
- dark meat
- fryer
- gammon
- guinea fowl
- ham
- meat
- Parma ham
- partridge
- pastrami
- pheasant
- pork
- squab
- trotter
- turkey
- veal
- venison
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Examples from literature
- I wonder how the enemy are getting on with the biltong and biscuit.
- The provisions consist solely of biltong—that is, dried meat, generally venison.
- The rest of the buck's flesh we cut into strips and hung in the sun to dry into "biltong," as, I believe, the South African Dutch call flesh thus prepared.
- There is no ceiling, but only beams, to which are fastened strips of "biltong," or game's flesh, dried in the sun.
- This done, we devoured the remnants of our biltong, washed down with the sweet lake water, and then lit our pipes and awaited whatever might turn up.