The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kissingcrust
Kissingcrust \Kiss"ing*crust`\, n. (Cookery)
The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched
another loaf in baking.
--Lamb.
A massy fragment from the rich kissingcrust that hangs
like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf.
--W. Howitt.
Wiktionary
kissingcrust
n. The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.