Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
simnel n.
“sweet cake,” c.1200, from Old French simenel “fine wheat flour; flat bread cake, Lenten cake,” probably by dissimilation from Vulgar Latin *siminellus (also source of Old High German semala “the finest wheat flour,” German Semmel “a roll”), a diminutive of Latin simila “fine flour” (see semolina).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Examples from the Web for simnel Contemporary Examples of simnel
With disparaging magnanimity in victory, Henry took Simnel into his kitchens as a turnspit.
Peter Stothard
February 2, 2011
Historical Examples of simnel
Halliwell says, a Simnel is generally made in a three-cornered form.
Unknown
Mid-Lent, or Mothering Sunday, has its peculiar fare in simnel cakes.
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There was some division of opinion between the partisans of Simnel as to whether England should be immediately invaded.
Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II)
Richard Bagwell
They usually took as a present for their mother a small cake known as a simnel.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4
Various
In Gloucestershire simnel cakes are still common; and at Usk, Monmouth, the custom of mothering is still scrupulously observed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4
Various
