Meaning of bannock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a tribe of the Northern Paiute, an indigenous people of the Great Basin.
2. An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise.
   Northern-England, Scotland, especially, uncountable, usually
3. 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.
   Canada, uncountable, usually
4. 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
   Canada, specifically, uncountable, usually

Examples

“So she baked two oatmeal bannocks, and set them on to the fire to harden. After a while, the old man came in, and sat down beside the fire, and takes one of the bannocks, and snaps it through the middle.”

““The boats are coming!” The cry rang through the village. Women left their bannock-baking, their basketweaving and hurried to the shore.”

“My father’s bannock was nothing but lard, flour, salt, and baking powder patted into big rounds and cooked on sticks over a campfire.”

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