Category:Simnel

Sim"nel, n. Etym: [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.