"boucan" meaning in English

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          "text": "The process is thus described: \"The bones being taken out, the flesh was cut into convenient pieces and salted, and the next day was taken to the boucan\". […] From adopting the boucan of the Carribees, the hunters in Hispaniola, the Spaniards excepted, came to be called boucaniers,",
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          "text": "“Put them on the platforms in the boucans,” ordered Bart, pointing to a row of the curing huts. “We surrendered,” protested the officer, his face white under the moon. “What manner of brutes are ye? Would you roast us alive?”",
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