breadstuff

[ bred-stuhf ]

/ ˈbrɛdˌstʌf /

grain, flour, or meal for making bread.

any kind of bread.

Origin of breadstuff

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; bread + stuff

Three hundred pounds of breadstuff were required for each person.

The Life of John Taylor |B. H. Roberts
Near a place called Archaha, he took a brigantine laden with cassavi, the Indian breadstuff, and a small quantity of wine.

The Lily and the Totem |William Gilmore Simms
The corn in the fields furnished an ample supply of breadstuff.

Andersonville, Volume 1 |John McElroy
I breathed the flour, and drank the flour, and felt myself to be enveloped in a world of breadstuff.

North America, Volume I (of 2) |Anthony Trollope

So to-day I opened a bag of flour to ascertain if we were to have any breadstuff.

The Last Cruise of the Saginaw |George H. Read