bake mete

Middle English

Alternative forms

baken mete, bakun mete, bakemete

Etymology

From baken, bake (the past participle of baken (“to bake”)), and mete (“food”); thus literally "baked food".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaːk(ə)mɛːt(ə)/, /ˈbaːkənmɛːt(ə)/

Noun

bake mete (plural bake metes)

Any kind of cooked food which has a pastry coating.

Descendants

English: bakemeat (obsolete)
Scots: bakement (reinterpreted)

References

“bāke(n mēte, bāke-mēte (phrase & n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-18.

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