tracklement
(ˈtræk(ə)lmənt)
[Origin obscure.
Dorothy Hartley claimed to have invented this word. She also claimed that her use of it in this sense was a spec. application of an older word, prob. dial., meaning ‘appurtenances, impedimenta’, but no evidence of such a word has been found.]
An article of food, spec. a jelly, prepared to accompany meat.
| 1954 D. Hartley Food in England v. 161 (heading) Mutton tracklements and condiment. 1959 Times 24 Aug. 11/4 A pleasantly astringent, smokily flavoured jelly as a ‘tracklement’ with mutton. 1971 R. Condon Vertical Smile (1973) xxxvii. 259 A saddle of lamb..delicate enough to accept only such a tracklement as rowan jelly. 1978 Observer 26 Feb. 35/9 Various salads and tracklements are included in the cold table. |