\Sim"nel\, n. [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour,
LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat
flour. Cf. {Semolina}.]
1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.]
         Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels.
                                               --Fuller.
2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent
   Sunday. [Eng.] --Herrick.