toad-in-the-hole

[ tohd-in-th uh-hohl ]
/ ˈtoʊd ɪn ðəˈhoʊl /

noun British Cookery.

a dish consisting of beef or pork sausages baked in a coating of batter.

Origin of toad-in-the-hole

First recorded in 1780–90

Words nearby toad-in-the-hole

to-name, toad, toad bug, toad juice, toad spit, toad-in-the-hole, toadeater, toadfish, toadflax, toadshade, toadstone

Example sentences from the Web for toad-in-the-hole

  • Toad-in-the-hole, a kind of pudding, consisting of small pieces of meat immersed in batter, and baked.

    The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten

  • I seldom after it have an appetite, even for Irish-stew or toad-in-the-hole.

    Digby Heathcote |W.H.G. Kingston

  • It was the culinary forefather of toad-in-the-hole, hot-pot, Irish stew, and of that devil-dreaded Cornish pasty.

    Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine |William Carew Hazlitt

British Dictionary definitions for toad-in-the-hole

toad-in-the-hole

noun

British and Australian a dish made of sausages baked in a batter