Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Barbecued; p. pr. & vb. n. Barbecuing.]

1. To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.

They use little or no salt, but barbecue their game and fish in the smoke. --Stedman.

2. To roast or broil whole, as an ox or hog.

Send me, gods, a whole hog barbecued. --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Barbecue \Bar"be*cue\ (b[aum]"b[-e]*k[=u]), n. [In the language of Indians of Guiana, a frame on which all kinds of flesh and fish are roasted or smoke-dried.]

1. A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.

2. A social entertainment, where many people assemble, usually in the open air, at which one or more large animals are roasted or broiled whole.

3. A floor, on which coffee beans are sun-dried.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)