cracknel
nounEtymology From Middle English crakenelle, craknel, krakenelle, apparently an alteration of Middle French craquelin.
1
A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit.
- I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 208:
2
In plural Crackling (fried pork fat).