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.]
Not common bread, but vastel bread, or
simnels.
Fuller.
2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially
on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.
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.]
Not common bread, but vastel bread, or
simnels.
Fuller.
2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially
on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.
