smoke-dry

[ smohk-drahy ]

/ ˈsmoʊkˌdraɪ /

to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.

to become dried by smoke: to be eaten as soon as it smoke-dries.

Origin of smoke-dry

First recorded in 1695–1705

The curtains are smoke-dried, the windows want cleaning, and the floor is not kept as it should be.

The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 |Eugne Sue
Fires were lighted instantly, six were burning in a circle at once; we were well nigh suffocated and smoke-dried—all in vain.

Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men |Anna Brownell Jameson
There were often more than we could eat fresh; the remainder were sun or smoke-dried, and, hung up, kept for a considerable time.

In the Wilds of Africa |W.H.G. Kingston
Thus they smoke-dried their present store, and added a little flour to it.

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy |Anonymous

He would have been smoke-dried—suffocated, years ago, if it hadn't been for me.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 |Various

smoke-dried

(of fish, meat, etc) cured in smoke