SIMNEL

simnel

(noun) a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas

simnel

(noun) a crisp bread of fine white flour

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

simnel (plural simnels)

synonym of simnel cake

Anagrams

• Melins, Milnes, limens, meslin, mislen

Source: Wiktionary


Sim"nel, n. Etym: [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semolina.]

1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. Fuller.

2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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