barbecued, ppl. a.
(ˈbɑːbɪkjuːd)
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. Dried or cured by exposure on a barbecue.
| 1737 Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 44 A little barbecued bear's flesh, (that is, dried in the sun). 1839 W. Irving Wolfert's R. (1855) 221 Loaded with barbacued meat. |
2. Broiled or roasted whole.
| 1732 Pope Horace' Sat. ii. ii. 26 Send me, Gods! a whole Hog barbecu'd! 1807 Mrs. Dorset Peacock at H., A barbecued mouse was prepared for the owl. 1847 Barham Ingol. Leg. (1877) 209 The barbecu'd sucking-pig's crisp'd to a turn. |