cracknel

American  

[krak-nl] / ˈkræk nl /

noun

1. a hard, brittle cake or biscuit.

2. cracknels, small bits of fat pork fried crisp.

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cracknel British  

/ ˈkræknəl /

noun

1. a type of hard plain biscuit

2. (often plural) crisply fried bits of fat pork

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Etymology

Origin of cracknel

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

Example Sentences

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

From Home Pork Making by Fulton, A. W.

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

From Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls by Arthur, Frances Browne

The messenger returned to the city with the message and the cracknel, and Bill waited all through the day and night, but no word came from the city.

From Bill the Minder by Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath)

It elsewhere appears to be a sort of cake, or cracknel.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

Then the Kurilovka peasants presented Masha with an ikon, and the Dubechnia peasants gave her a large cracknel and a gilt salt-cellar.

From The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories by Cannan, Gilbert