simnel

2 definitions found

simnel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Simnel \Sim"nel\, n. [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.]
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              Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels.
                                                    --Fuller.
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     2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent
        Sunday. [Eng.] --Herrick.
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simnel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  simnel
      n 1: a crisp bread of fine white flour
      2: a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at
         mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas