bannock

See also: Bannock

English

Alternative forms

• bannik

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English bannuc, Gaelic bannach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæ.nək/

Noun

bannock (usually uncountable, plural bannocks)

1. (especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
2. (Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
   • 1941, Emily Carr, chapter 8, in Klee Wyck‎^[1]:

     “The boats are coming!” The cry rang through the village. Women left their bannock-baking, their basketweaving and hurried to the shore.

   • 2007, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Turtle Valley, Vintage Canada, →ISBN, p. 54,

     My father’s bannock was nothing but lard, flour, salt, and baking powder patted into big rounds and cooked on sticks over a campfire.

Translations

English/Scottish bread

• French: bannique (fr) f
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• Scottish Gaelic: bonnach m

Indigenous Canadian breads

• Atikamekw: e ocihakaniwitc pakwecikan
• French: baigne (fr) m pl, gallette
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• Plains Cree: pahkwesikan

Derived terms

• currant-bannock
• bannock puncher

Related terms

• frybread, dog bread (US terms for specific breads which would all be called bannock in Canada)

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