lardon

[ lahr-dn ]

noun
  1. a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.

Origin of lardon

1
1400–50; late Middle English lardun<Middle French lardon piece of pork, equivalent to lardlard + -on noun suffix
  • Also lar·doon [lahr-doon]. /lɑrˈdun/.

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British Dictionary definitions for lardon

lardon

lardoon (lɑːˈduːn)

/ (ˈlɑːdən) /


noun
  1. a strip or cube of fat or bacon used in larding meat

Origin of lardon

1
C15: from Old French, from lard

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