Definition of Crumbing

1. Verb. (present participle of crumb) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crumbing

1. crumb [v] - See also: crumb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crumbing

crumbcloth
crumbcloths
crumbcruncher
crumbcrunchers
crumbcrusher
crumbcrushers
crumbed
crumber
crumbers
crumbgrinder
crumbgrinders
crumbier
crumbiest
crumbily
crumbiness
crumbing (current term)
crumblable
crumble
crumbled
crumbler
crumblers
crumbles
crumbless
crumblet
crumblier
crumbliest
crumblike
crumbliness
crumblinesses
crumbling

Literary usage of Crumbing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1911)
"VARIOUS WAYS OF PREPARING FOOD FOR COOKING Egging and crumbing. ... Egg used for crumbing should be broken into a shallow plate and beaten with a silver ..."

2. The Practical Cook Book by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1910)
"Eggs used for crumbing should be broken into a shallow plate or platter and ... When the crumbing is completed, remove food to a place on the board where ..."

3. The Up-to-date Waitress by Janet McKenzie Hill (1906)
"SERVING THE SWEET COURSE In crumbing the table note that each cover is supplied with a dessert fork, and, when crumbing is finished, if through any ..."

4. Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and what Not to Do in Cooking by Mary Johnson Lincoln (1883)
"Egg and Bread crumbing. Hints on saving bread crusts and stale pieces, for egg and bread crumbing, are given on page 75. The crumbs should be sifted through ..."

5. Domestic Science by Bertha J. Hoisington Austin (1915)
"... butter speck of salt and pepper fat for frying cube of bread egg and crumbs for crumbing Utensils needed: Frying basket egg beater Home Rule 2 c steamed ..."

6. Left-overs Made Palatable: How to Cook Odds and Ends of Food Into Appetizing by Isabel Gordon Curtis (1902)
"Sift through a fine sieve, and the crumbs which fall, no larger than corn meal, may be put away to be used for crumbing purposes. Save the rusk in the same ..."

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