British Dictionary definitions for cottage loaf

cottage loaf

noun

British a loaf consisting of two round pieces, the smaller of which sits on top of the larger

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Examples from the Web for cottage loaf

Historical Examples

I sat down to my meal, however, and made as much play with the cottage-loaf as I could.
Humorous Readings and Recitations
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Mark helped the steak, and the mate poured out the tea and hewed a couple of lumps off a cottage-loaf.
Mother Carey's Chicken
George Manville Fenn

cottage loaf

Examples from the Web for cottage loaf

Historical Examples

I sat down to my meal, however, and made as much play with the cottage-loaf as I could.

Mark helped the steak, and the mate poured out the tea and hewed a couple of lumps off a cottage-loaf.