A grating or framework for smoking meat; also a method of slow-roasting meat over a fire.
From Taíno (Caribbean indigenous language) 'bukkan', the frame used for smoking meat. Brought into European languages through contact with Caribbean peoples.
The word 'buccan' is the direct ancestor of 'buccaneer'—the pirates and privateers got their name from the meat-smoking structures they used on Caribbean islands, because they'd cure meat using this traditional method.
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