sun-cured

American  

[suhn-kyoord] / ˈsʌnˌkyʊərd /

adjective

1. cured or preserved by exposure to the rays of the sun, as meat, fish, fruit, tobacco, etc.

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sun-cured British  

adjective

1. cured or preserved by exposure to the sun

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Etymology

Origin of sun-cured

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

A sun-cured, white-bearded bachelor of 52, White lives alone except for the hedgehogs, snakes and hawks that he favors as pets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Away in the woods, down by the rushing brook, was her tannery, and not far away, in a sunny, open spot, she prepared her sun-cured meats for winter use.

From Old Indian Days by Eastman, Charles Alexander

All looked at him as he stood on his cauterized feet, stretching his arms, lean and sun-cured, upward in the firelight.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Leaving the Ab-i-Diz, the path pursues valleys with streams and dry torrent-beds, much wooded with oak and hawthorn, with hills above, buff with uncut sun-cured hay, magnificent pasturage, but scantily supplied with water.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Sometimes herds of cattle were browsing on the sun-cured grass, then herds of horses.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)