cracknel

English

Etymology

From French craquelin.

Noun

cracknel (plural cracknels)

1. 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.

2. (in the plural) Crackling (fried pork fat).