Boucan

/buːˈkɑːn/ noun

A frame or rack for smoking and drying meat, especially fish, over a fire; also refers to the meat prepared this way.

From French boucan, derived from Tupi (Brazilian indigenous language) 'moquem' meaning a wooden frame for smoking meat. The word traveled through Caribbean trade routes in the 16th-17th centuries and entered English via French colonists.

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