An oatcake; (now) esp. a (kind of) large, thin oatcake baked on a griddle and dried. Also: such cakes collectively. Cf. haverbread, n.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pancake, tortilla, or oatcake > [noun] > oatcake (10) havercakec1400 An oatcake; (now) esp. a (kind of) large, thin oatcake baked on a griddle and dried. Also: such cakes collectively. Cf. haverbread, n. oatcakec1400 A thin unsweetened bread or cake made of oatmeal. Also as a mass noun. See cake, n. 1b. haverbreada1425 Bread made from oatmeal; (now) esp. a kind of large, thin oatcake baked on a griddle and dried. Cf. havercake, n. cake1434 spec. In Scotland (and also formerly in parts of Wales and northern England): a portion of thin, hard-baked, oatmeal bread; an oatcake. grue1655 A kind of meal cake made in Cheshire. clap-bread1691 Oatmeal cake, beaten or rolled thin, and baked hard. Also called clap-cake. roundabout1706 Scottish. A circular oatcake or roll. Obsolete. farl1724 Originally, the fourth part of a thin cake made either of flour or oatmeal; now applied to a cake of similar kind and size, whether quadrant-shaped… tollie1825 An oatcake or other similarly round piece of bread. Obsolete. rare. teething bannock1866 an oatmeal cake given in Scotland to a child beginning to cut its teeth. |
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