raspings

British  

/ ˈrɑːspɪŋz /

plural noun

1. browned breadcrumbs for coating fish and other foods before frying, baking, etc

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Example Sentences

They speak a unique and difficult language, which one anthropologist describes as "an array of weird phonemes�clickings, croakings and raspings."

From Time Magazine Archive

Blind ex-Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma heard loud metallic scrunchings and raspings, suffered painful bruises and cuts when a Washington, D. C. ash truck shattered his automobile, driven by Mrs. Gore.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were other sounds, too; raspings and shriekings, like sword points dragged over stones.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Scotch barley, pearl barley, wheat flour, oatmeal, bread, raspings, peas, beans, rice, vermicelli, maccaroni, isinglass, potatoe mucilage, mushroom, or mushroom ketchup, champignons, parsnips, carrots, beet root, turnips, garlic, shalots, and onions.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

They are not swept into the great business vortex, where the friction and raspings of sharp competition whittle life away at a fearful rate.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett