barmbrackAnglo-Irish.|ˈbɑːmbræk| [corruption of Ir.bairigen breac speckled cake (Wh. Stokes).] A currant-bun. 1878C. M. Yonge Young Step-Mother 317 A great barmbrack from Biddy.1882F. L. Shaw Cast. Blair 189 The number of buns and barm-bracks had to be calculated.