Barbecue

bärb′e-kū, v.t. to roast whole, as a pig: to cure flesh by exposing it on a barbecue.— n. a framework on which to dry and smoke meat above a fire: an animal roasted whole: an open floor on which coffee-beans and the like are spread out to dry: ( Amer. ) a large social or political entertainment, where the hospitalities are on a lavish scale. [Sp. barbacoa —Haytian barbacòa , a framework of sticks set upon posts.]