farl

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/fɑːl/

noun

A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.

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Meanings

farl1

nounfarl (plural farls)

plural farls

  1. obsoleteA quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
  2. Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.

farl2

verbfarl (third-person singular simple present farls, present participle farling, simple past and past participle farled)

present singular third person farls · participle present farling · participle past farled · past farled

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of furl.
    1 more example

    1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Sea Voyage, Act 1, Scene 1, First Beaumont and Fletcher folio, 1854, Alexander Dyce (editor), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New Collation of the Early Editions, Volume 2, page 416, Down with the mainmast ! lay her at hull ! Farl up all her linens, and let her ride it out !

Origin

Contraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English root.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with farl

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Cite this entry
APA

farl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farl

MLA

“farl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farl. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “farl,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/farl.

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