cruller

[kruhl-er] /ˈkrʌl ər/
noun
1.
a rich, light cake cut from a rolled dough and deep-fried, usually having a twisted oblong shape and sometimes topped with sugar or icing.
2.
Also called French cruller. a rich, light, raised doughnut, often with a ridged surface and sometimes topped with white icing.
Also, kruller.
Origin
1795-1805, Americanism; < Dutch krul curl + -er1
Examples from the web for cruller
  • They made war upon the dark hall in the double-decker, and upon the cruller bakery.
British Dictionary definitions for cruller

cruller

/ˈkrʌlə/
noun
1.
(US & Canadian) a light sweet ring-shaped cake, fried in deep fat
Word Origin
C19: from Dutch krulle, from krullen to curl
Word Origin and History for cruller
n.

1805, American English, apparently from Dutch kruller, from krullen "to curl," from Middle Dutch crullen, related to curl.