sea-pie

See also: sea pie

English

Noun

sea-pie (plural sea-pies)

1. The oystercatcher.
2. A pie made of meat and vegetables baked in a pan over the fire, with a pastry crust, or in layers between crusts, the number of which denominate it a two or three decker.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “sea-pie”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
• Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book (1867)