'Simnel' definitions:
Definition of 'simnel'
(from WordNet)
noun
A crisp bread of fine white flour
noun
A fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas
Definition of 'Simnel'
From: GCIDE
- Simnel \Sim"nel\, n. [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf. Semolina.]
- 1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] --Herrick. [1913 Webster]