▪ I. ˈbread-crumb, n.
a. (Properly two words) A crumb of bread; esp. (in pl.) bread crumbled down for dressing fried fish, boiled ham, etc. b. The crumb or soft part of bread, as distinct from the crust. Hence ˈbread-crumby a.
| 1769 Mrs. Raffald Eng. Housekpr. (1778) 35 Strew over them bread crumbs. 1831 Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. ii, To carry forth my supper (bread-crumb boiled in milk), and eat it out of doors. 1879 Geo. Eliot Theo. Such iv. 85 He was..acceptable in society as a part of what we may call its bread-crumb. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asph. 19 Thin slices of carmine ham, with a bread-crumby edge. |
▪ II. bread-crumb, v.
[f. the n.]
trans. To dip in bread-crumbs in preparation for cooking. Hence bread-crumbed ppl. a.; bread-crumbing vbl. n.
| 1846 A. Soyer Cookery 103 Egg and bread-crumb each piece. 1854 ― Shilling Cookery 35 The heads when cooked may be egged and bread-crumbed over. 1877 E. S. Dallas Kettner's Bk. Table 179 The plain cutlets and the breadcrumbed ones. Ibid. 228 For breadcrumbing, the French plan is to dip the cutlet into oil or butter and then to roll it in crumbs. 1927 Daily Express 17 Nov. 5/2 The chicken was ‘egged and breadcrumbed’ in readiness for the dish. |