ˈbakestone
Commonly in dialect form 6– bak-, backstone.
[f. bake v. + stone.]
A flat stone or slate on which cakes are baked in the oven; a plate of iron used for the same purpose.
| 1531 Lanc. Wills (1857) I. 113 One backstoone and one spetil. 1575 Richmond. Wills (1853) 255, i backstone, iij{supd}. j. yron speite..j litle broile yron. 1741 Ellis Mod. Husb. II. ii. 31 In Shropshire they..make thin Cakes on a Back or Bake-stone. 1818 in E. Burt's Lett. N. Scotl. I. 246 Poured out upon the bake-stone like a pan⁓cake. 1865 Mrs. Stretton Queen of C. 150 A backstone cake out of the oven. 1869 Blackmore Lorna D. xxix. (D.) Here's to the oats with the backstone on the board! 1962 Guardian 9 Nov. 8/4 A Welsh bakestone or a Scottish girdle. |