Welsh rabbit
noun
1.
a dish of melted cheese, usually mixed with ale or beer, milk, and spices, served over toast.
Also called
Welsh rarebit
.
Origin
1715-25;
probably of jocular orig.; later
Welsh rarebit
by folk etymology
British Dictionary definitions for
Welsh rabbit
Welsh rabbit
noun
1.
a savoury dish consisting of melted cheese sometimes mixed with milk, seasonings, etc, on hot buttered toast
Also called
Welsh rarebit,
rarebit
Word Origin
C18: a fanciful coinage;
rarebit
is a later folk-etymological variant