farl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake. obsolete
  2. Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.
动词 v.
  1. Obsolete form of furl. alt-of,obsolete
    — 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 1854, Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 2, page 416, Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull ! Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !

词形变化

farls plural farls present,singular,third-person farling participle,present farled participle,past farled past

词汇关系

相关词
soda bread potato bread

词源

Contraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English root.
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