Scotland
: a small thin triangular cake or biscuit made especially with oatmeal or wheat flour
Examples of farl in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
White soda bread is often enjoyed as farls, toasted or fried and laid high with bacon and eggs, or in sweet varieties made with sultanas or even treacle.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
To nibble alongside, the kit also provides the ingredients and recipe for Andytown’s soda farl, a style of soda bread.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
To nibble alongside, the kit also provides the ingredients and recipe for Andytown’s soda farl, a style of soda bread.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
contraction of Scots fardel, literally, fourth part, from Middle English (Scots), from ferde del, from ferde fourth + del part
First Known Use
1686, in the meaning defined above
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“Farl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farl. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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