'Marchpane' definitions:
Definition of 'Marchpane'
From: GCIDE
- Marchpane \March"pane`\, n. [Cf. It. marzapane,Sp. pan,. massepain, prob. fr. L. maza frumenty (Gr. ma^za) + L. panis bread; but perh. the first part of the word is from the name of the inventor.] A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar. Called also marzipan. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]