Pumpernickel

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pumpernickel \Pump"er*nick`el\, n. [G.]
     A sort of bread, made of unbolted rye, which forms the chief
     food of the Westphalian peasants. It is acid but nourishing.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pumpernickel
       n : bread made of coarse rye flour [syn: {black bread}]