bannock
/ˈbæ.nək/ noun
Forms bannocks bannik
- noun (especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise.
- noun (Canada) A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
- noun (specifically) This or any similar traditional bread when made by indigenous Americans, originally from native sources such as maize or pseudocereals and plants with starchy roots
- noun A member of a tribe of the Northern Paiute, an indigenous people of the Great Basin.
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Etymology
From Middle English bannoke, from Old English bannuc, perhaps from a Goidelic word (compare Irish bonnóg, Manx bonnag, Scottish Gaelic bonnach), possibly from Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bonnag.
Derived from Northern Paiute Pannakwatɨ (“Bannock”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; --used in Scotland and the northern counties of England.
Etymology [Gael. bonnach.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “bannock”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details