flicche

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === flichche, flucche, flyche, flytch flicke, flycke, flikke, flykke, fflykke, flyc, flyk === Etymology === Inherited from Old English fliċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *flikkī, from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją. Forms with hard k(k)/c(k) likely rather from Old Norse flikki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflit͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈflik(ə)/ === Noun === flicche (plural flicches) The flank or side of an animal, especially one of a pig which has been made into bacon; a flitch. ==== Descendants ==== English: flitch Scots: fleech ==== References ==== “flicche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 March 2019.