farl.
A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
Meaning & usage
A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.
Where this word comes from
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.
Obsolete form of furl.
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