Talk:bread

What's the name of the piece of bread at the ends of the loaf that's all crust. I feel like there's a one syllable word for them, but I can't remember what it is…


 * It's a topper (at least, that's what I have always known it as) SemperBlotto 15:51, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * The answer I found elsewhere is heel. It sounds right to me.


 * Heel is certainly all I've ever heard. Could this be a UK/US difference?
 * I can't find topper (for this meaning) in any dictionary. It is probably local (Bristolian). SemperBlotto 16:39, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A single Middle English (dictionary) citation, moved from the entry where it had been sorted erroneously according to the 1962 date under the English section:
 * 1962 (quoting 1381 text), & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., , Ann Arbor, Mich.:, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:
 * dorrẹ&#773;, dōrī adj. & n. cook . glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~.  1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons  Nym wyn  toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.

bread and water
[https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bread+and+water Figurative. the most minimal meal possible; a meal as once was given to prisoners.] --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:26, 20 April 2021 (UTC)