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

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linseed cake

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

A small quantity of linseed cake in the food will fatten horses tremendously, but makes them soft in condition.

From Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies by Nunn, Joshua A.

Cotton oil-cake is now ordered at the same price as linseed cake.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

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