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English
Etymology
Coined in its current sense by the English cookery writer Dorothy Hartley in her book Food in England in 1954, but probably derived from a similar dialect word with variant spellings (e.g. tranklement, tanchiment) used before that date across North and Central England and meaning "ornaments, trinkets; bits of things".
Noun
tracklement (plural tracklements)
- (UK, rare) A savoury condiment (for example a mustard, relish or chutney), especially one served with meat.
1992, Simon Scott with Nancy Scott, Cruising Guide to the Virgin Islands, 1993-1994, page 140:preserves, conserves and homemade tracklements are sold at
2004, Katharine Weber, The Little Women, page 159:nestled together in a cunning arrangement, ornamented by the tracklements she had labored to obtain for her friends
2006, Janet MacDonald, Feeding Nelson's Navy: The True Story of Food at Sea in the Georgian Era, page 128:The content of these stores, as well as wine, would mostly be preserved foodstuffs and tracklements.
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