Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/April 13

edit · refresh · view Word of the day for April 13

bastable cake n

(Ireland) A round loaf of soda bread that is baked in a bastable (“an earthenware or cast-iron pot used for baking over a fire”). Today is Easter Monday in Western Christianity in 2020; the Easter Rising, which began on Easter Monday in April 1916, is commemorated in the Republic of Ireland at this time.

← yesterday | About Word of the Day • Nominate a word • Leave feedback | tomorrow →