linseed cake

American  

noun

1. a cake or a mass made by expressing the oil from linseed, used chiefly as feed for cattle.

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Etymology

Origin of linseed cake

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

He even claimed to have been there on one of his higher flights, and to have seen the everlasting fields of clover and the linseed cake and lump sugar growing on the hedges.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Three pounds of this cotton-seed cake are equivalent to four of linseed cake of average quality.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert

Cotton-seed cake is much richer in oils and albuminous matters than the linseed cake.

From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert

Shipbuilding and iron-founding are carried on, and there are manufactures of linseed cake, and agricultural and other machinery.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various