brose

Definition

Oatmeal mixed with boiling water or milk.

Etymology

From the Doric dialect of North East Scotland, from earlier browes, from Old French broez, nominative of broet (“stew, soup made from meat broth”) (French brouet) diminutive of breu, from Medieval Latin brodium, from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”). See broth.

Example Sentences

• "I had not far to seek for him: he stood waiting in the passage, for the cooling of his brose."