spit roasting

A form of spit roast — The technique of roasting an animal over a fire, where the cook pokes a rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of spit roast
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