to-bread

to-bread

English

Etymology

From to +‎ bread.

Noun

to-bread (plural to-breads)

1. (obsolete) An extra loaf added by bakers to every dozen, completing a baker's dozen.
   • 2013, Robert Means Lawrence, The Magic Of The Horse-Shoe:

     The number thirteen is also sometimes known as a "baker's dozen," because it was formerly a common practice to give thirteen loaves for twelve, the extra piece being called the in-bread or to-bread.

Related terms

• in-bread

Anagrams

• Bretado, aborted, borated, tabored