Welsh rabbit

noun

1. a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.

Welsh rabbit

noun

1. Also called: Welsh rarebit.  rarebit. a savoury dish consisting of melted cheese sometimes mixed with milk, seasonings, etc, on hot buttered toast

Word History and Origins

Origin of Welsh rabbit¹

First recorded in 1715–25; probably of jocular origin; later Welsh rarebit by folk etymology

Word History and Origins

Origin of Welsh rabbit¹

C18: a fanciful coinage; rarebit is a later folk-etymological variant