maple sugar

American  

noun

1. a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.

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maple sugar British  

noun

1. sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple

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Etymology

Origin of maple sugar

An Americanism dating back to 1710–20

Example Sentences

Maple sugar and honey serve as the ordinary substitutes, and even these are regarded as luxuries, since maple-trees are few in number and bee-keeping is but little practised.

From The Doomsman by Sutphen, Van Tassel

Maple sugar in its perfection is rarely seen, perhaps never seen, in the market.

From In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs by Burroughs, John

Maple sugar may also be used in candy of this kind.

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Maple sugar is manufactured in great abundance in Indiana.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp

Maple sugar and syrup are made in those areas of the country where the sugar-maple tree flourishes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various