hoecake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)

WordNet


Hoe"cake` noun
Definitions
  1. A cake of Indian meal, water, and salt, baked before the fire or in the ashes; -- so called because often cooked on a hoe. Southern U.S.

Webster 1913