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wastel bread
noun
was·tel bread
\ˈwästəl-\
variants: or
wastel cake
Definition of wastel bread
: bread formerly made of very fine flour; also : a cake or loaf of such bread
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Origin and Etymology of wastel bread
Middle English wastel breed, from wastel wastel bread (from Old North French, from the Germanic source of Old French gastel cake) + breed bread
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