xarque
English
Noun
xarque (uncountable)
- Archaic form of jerky.
- 1928, United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Glossary of Paper Terms and Instructions to Exporters for Guidance in Properly Listing and Classifying Exports of Paper and Paper Products on Shippers' Export Declarations (page 207)
- […] as there is no means of preserving beef except to dry it as xarque, which is only possible during the dry season.
- 1931, Commerce Reports (volume 3, issue 50, page 587)
- The principal exports are hides, xarque (jerked beef), ipecac, skins of wild animals, and rubber.
- 1928, United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Glossary of Paper Terms and Instructions to Exporters for Guidance in Properly Listing and Classifying Exports of Paper and Paper Products on Shippers' Export Declarations (page 207)