palske

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

Metathesis of earlier *paskel, from Middle English wastel (“a kind of fine white bread or cake”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paɫsk/

Noun

palske (plural palskès)

  1. A kind of cake, usually made for weddings.

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 60
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