oatcake

[ oht-keyk ]

/ ˈoʊtˌkeɪk /

a cake, usually thin and brittle, made of oatmeal.

Origin of oatcake

First recorded in 1590–1600; oat + cake

oastler, oat, oat cell, oat cell carcinoma, oat grass, oatcake, oaten, oater, oates, oath, oatmeal

Every day he had softened its oatcake in his broth; and lifted the barley out of his own bowl into the child's basin.

The Bondman |Hall Caine
Then he ate ravenously of the cold wild-fowl and oatcake which George had provided.

The Half-Hearted |John Buchan
And they all supped on fried potatoes, cheese, oatcake and jam!

Elizabeth's Campaign |Mrs. Humphrey Ward
She set a plate of oatcake and a jug of buttermilk on the table before Neal, and bade him eat.

The Northern Iron |George A. Birmingham

Did you ever eat the poorest rye or oatcake with a beautiful maiden in the wilderness?

The Last Harvest |John Burroughs

oatcake

/ (ˈəʊtˌkeɪk) /

a brittle unleavened oatmeal biscuit