Gritten

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of or consisting of grits. rare

    "The Walkers make their bread from cornmeal, which they grate on a piece of tin punched full of holes and fastened to a board. This is known as "gritten" bread."

Example

More examples

"The Walkers make their bread from cornmeal, which they grate on a piece of tin punched full of holes and fastened to a board. This is known as "gritten" bread."

Etymology

From Middle English *grytten, grutten (“made of bran, coarse”), equivalent to grit + -en (“made of”).

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