pottage
English
Etymology
From Middle English pottage, from Anglo-Norman and Old French potage, from pot + -age.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑtədʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɑtədʒ
Noun
pottage (countable and uncountable, plural pottages)
- (archaic or historical) A thick soup or stew, made by boiling vegetables, grains, and sometimes meat or fish, a staple food throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate 2010), page 328:
- He is a portly man, though he lives on pottage and mashes.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate 2010), page 328:
- (archaic) An oatmeal porridge.
Middle English
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