piebaking

English

Noun

piebaking (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of pie baking
   • 1916, Market Growers Journal - Volumes 18-19, page 210:

     However, Potatoes of this grade should find a ready sale in the South, where they may be used for such purposes as piebaking and canning.

   • 1943, Quick Frozen Foods and the Locker Plant - Volume 6, page 18:

     Most strawberries for instance were packed in 30-lb. containers and in sugar for the ice cream and piebaking trade.

   • 1959, Trienah Meyers, How You Can Size Up Consumers You'll Never See, page 3:

     Because the consumer is not aware of the shift to a smaller can, it would seem that the industry might advise her of the need to use more than 1 can in her piebaking.

Adjective

piebaking (comparative more piebaking, superlative most piebaking)

1. Alternative form of pie-baking
   • 1974, Marcia Ray, Collectible Ceramics:

     No one has to be an ancient to recall a piebaking mother or grandmother rolling a little cornucopia of brown paper and sticking it into the center of a fruit pie just before it went in the oven.