Definition of stirabout in English:
stirabout
noun ˈstəːrəbaʊtˈstərəˌbaʊt
mass nounIrish Porridge made by stirring oatmeal in boiling water or milk.
Example sentencesExamples
- People on the plains of Tara built the morning fires, cooked stirabout in their pots.
- They ate thin stirabout drank water and maybe a potato or two.
- Also available was a sample of the Workhouse inmates diet of some carefully measured and rigidly controlled amounts of bread and stirabout, washed down with cocoa or a nip of whiskey.
- Many eat oatmeal stirabout or porridge for breakfast.
- Part of the route will cover the famous ‘Stirabout Road’ built during the famine years with daily payment being a bowl of ‘stirabout’.
Definition of stirabout in US English:
stirabout
nounˈstərəˌbaʊtˈstərəˌbout
Irish Porridge made by stirring oatmeal in boiling water or milk.
Example sentencesExamples
- Also available was a sample of the Workhouse inmates diet of some carefully measured and rigidly controlled amounts of bread and stirabout, washed down with cocoa or a nip of whiskey.
- People on the plains of Tara built the morning fires, cooked stirabout in their pots.
- Many eat oatmeal stirabout or porridge for breakfast.
- They ate thin stirabout drank water and maybe a potato or two.
- Part of the route will cover the famous ‘Stirabout Road’ built during the famine years with daily payment being a bowl of ‘stirabout’.