The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. / A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).

(transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.

plural of flitch

present participle of flitch

simple past tense and past participle of flitch

(UK) A flitch of bacon awarded to a married couple who convince a local "jury" of bachelors and maidens that, for a year and a day, they have never wished themselves unwed, as part of a traditional four-yearly ritual at Great Dunmow, Essex, England.

plural of Dunmow flitch