rye bread

bread that is made either entirely or partly from rye flour, often with caraway seeds.

Origin of rye bread

First recorded in 1570–80

rydal, rydberg, ryder, ryder cup, rye, rye bread, rye whiskey, rye-brome, rye-grass, ryegrass, ryeland

Printing, brewing and distilling are also carried on, and the town is famous for its rye-bread (Pumpernickel).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 |Various
He fetches butter and cheese, cuts two very thin slices of rye-bread, and places them on the schoolmaster's table.

Married |August Strindberg
There was a plate of rye-bread on the table, from which Bert helped himself to a slice.

Five Hundred Dollars |Horatio Alger
They produced pumpernickel from one cupboard, and rye-bread and sausage from another, and all began to talk again and eat.

Three More John Silence Stories |Algernon Blackwood

Maria now placed upon the table a jar of dripping and a large loaf of rye-bread.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo

rye bread

any of various breads made entirely or partly from rye flour, often with caraway seeds