DCHP-1 Online
piece meat Fur Trade, Obs. 
See 1933 quote.
- 1800 (1933) . . . all our piece meat is almost entirely out, & I should be very Sorry to be oblidged to make use of the little pounded meat we have at present.
- 1933 Piece meat refers to the meat that was cooked and eaten within a comparatively short time, instead of being pounded and dried. The pounded meat . . . was called pemmican.
- 1800 (1933) . . . all our piece meat is almost entirely out, & I should be very Sorry to be oblidged to make use of the little pounded meat we have at present.