spelt1
/spɛlt
/ Past and past participle of spell1.
Rhymes
spelt2
/spɛlt/noun [mass noun]
An old kind of wheat with bearded ears and spikelets that each contain two narrow grains, not widely grown but favoured as a health food. Compare with einkorn, emmer.
- Triticum spelta, family Gramineae.
- Little of the wheat or spelt in New York made baking quality; farmers just couldn't get into the sodden fields to harvest before the grain sprouted.
- For those who cannot tolerate the gluten in spelt and wheat, there are gluten-free options.
Origin
Late Old English, from Old Saxon spelta. The word was rare until the 16th century, when it was readopted from Middle Dutch.
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