Bannock
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise. Northern-England, Scotland, especially, uncountable, usually
"So she baked two oatmeal bannocks, and set them on to the fire to harden. After a while, the old man came in, and sat down beside the fire, and takes one of the bannocks, and snaps it through the middle."
- 2 A member of a tribe of the Northern Paiute, an indigenous people of the Great Basin.
- 3 a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland wordnet
- 4 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. Canada, uncountable, usually
"“The boats are coming!” The cry rang through the village. Women left their bannock-baking, their basketweaving and hurried to the shore."
- 5 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.; This or any similar traditional bread when made by indigenous Americans, originally from native sources such as maize or pseudocereals and plants with starchy roots Canada, specifically, uncountable, usually
Example
More examples"So she baked two oatmeal bannocks, and set them on to the fire to harden. After a while, the old man came in, and sat down beside the fire, and takes one of the bannocks, and snaps it through the middle."
Etymology
From Middle English bannoke, from Old English bannuc, perhaps from a Goidelic word (compare Irish bonnóg, Manx bonnag, Scottish Gaelic bonnach), possibly from Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bonnag.
Derived from Northern Paiute Pannakwatɨ (“Bannock”).
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