different between larding vs basting

English

Verb

larding

1. present participle of lard

Noun

larding (plural lardings)

1. (cooking) Bacon or pork stuffed into other meat before cooking.
   • 1819, The Ladies' Literary Cabinet

     With a small knife or larding pin, cut holes in the beef, to receive the bacon thus prepared; place the lardings tolerably thick and even; rub the beef over with the remainder of the seasoning […]

Anagrams

• Darling, Lingard, darling

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?be?st??/
• Rhymes: -e?st??

Noun

basting (plural bastings)

1. The act by which a food item is basted.

   Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.

2. (archaic) A (physical) beating.

Verb

basting

1. present participle of baste

References

• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) , “Basting”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: Printed for C. Chappell, […], OCLC 23927885.

Anagrams

• tangibs

French

Alternative forms

• bastaing

Etymology

From Old French bastir (“to construct”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas.t???/, /bas.t??/

Noun

basting m (plural bastings)

1. A joist used to carry other planks of wood.

Further reading

• “basting” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).