Definitions for: Simnel

[n] (British) a fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas
[n] a crisp bread of fine white flour

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]

Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels.
--Fuller.

2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent
Sunday. [Eng.] --Herrick.

See Also: bread, breadstuff, fruitcake, staff of life

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