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