loafed, loaved, a.
(ləʊft, ləʊvd)
[f. loaf n.1 + -ed2.]
Having a ‘loaf’ or ‘head’ (see loaf n.1 5).
| 1578 Lyte Dodoens 552 In the steede of the thicke cabbaged or lofed leaves, it [cauliflower] putteth foorth many small white stemmes. 1585 Higins tr. Junius' Nomenclator 128 Lactuca sessilis,..loafed or headed lettice. 1817–8 Cobbett Year's Resid. Amer. (1822) 19 We have fine loaved lettuces. 1825 ― Rural Rides 26 All [farm animals] like these loaved cabbages. |