noun
- Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. the fat and fat meat from the upper part of a side of pork, usually cured by salt.
- a menhaden.
- the bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix.
- a mullet.
noun
- the fat, usually salted, from the upper part of a side of pork
1903, from fat + back (n.). So called because taken from the back of the animal.