cracknel
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English crakenelle, craknel, krakenelle, apparently an alteration of Middle French craquelin.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]cracknel (plural cracknels)
- A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 208:
- I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels.
- (in the plural) Crackling (fried pork fat).
References
[edit]- ^ “cracknel, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “crak(e)nel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.