单词 | brick loaf |
释义 | brick loafn. Now historical and rare. A loaf of bread or a cake having a brick-like, rectangular shape. Cf. brick n.1 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > pan- or tin-loaf tinned loafc950 brick1698 brick loaf1723 brick bread1762 pan-loaf1846 pan bread1856 tin-loaf1858 tin1957 pan1978 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. N2 'Till you have made it in the form of a Brick-loaf. 1856 J. W. Worthen Veg. Yeast & Bread Maker 30 A good brick loaf is always close or fine-grained, still very light and showy. 1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls iii. 30 A brick loaf..always seemed to me a man's perversion of the idea of bread. 1911 Biscuits & Cakes (Reliable Flour Company) 47 Drops by spoonfuls, first the light then the chocolate, until the pan is full enough. Will make two brick loaves. 1917 H. C. Mahoney & F. A. Talbot Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons xii. 185 I was ordered to cut up the black bread—one brick loaf into five equal pieces, each of which had to last a man through six meals. 2013 G. J. Greenhough Two Trees (e-book, accessed 16 July 2018) xxviii. 307 Rebecca moved from the bakery shop counter to the shelf behind her and took the remaining brick loaf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1723 |
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