cracknel

[ krak-nl ]

noun

1. a hard, brittle cake or biscuit.
2. cracknels, small bits of fat pork fried crisp.

cracknel

/ ˈkræknəl /

noun

1. a type of hard plain biscuit
2. often plural crisply fried bits of fat pork

Word History and Origins

Origin of cracknel¹

1350–1400; Middle English crak ( e ) nele < Middle French *craquenelle, metathetic alteration of craquelin < Middle Dutch crākelinc, equivalent to crāke ( n ) to crack + -linc -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cracknel¹

C15: perhaps from Old French craquelin, from Middle Dutch krākelinc, from krāken to crack

Example Sentences

On Sundays the mistress would give him a gingerbread or a cracknel, and amuse herself with his baby prattle.

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"Yes, it's 'licious," agreed Joan, with her mouth full of cracknel biscuit.

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This is done to rid it of any bits of cracknel, etc., that may remain in the lard.

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After being pressed the cracknels are worked into a dough with corn meal and together made into cracknel bread.

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The result—he lost by half a cracknel—was to cause him some temporary inconvenience, but he is now completely restored to health.

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