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Pie crust

Pie \Pie\, n. [OE. pie, pye; cf. Ir. & Gael. pighe pie, also Gael. pige an earthen jar or pot. Cf. Piggin.]

  1. An article of food consisting of paste baked with something in it or under it; as, chicken pie; venison pie; mince pie; apple pie; pumpkin pie.

  2. See Camp, n., 5. [Prov. Eng.]
    --Halliwell.

    Pie crust, the paste of a pie.

WordNet
pie crust

n. pastry used to hold pie fillings [syn: pie shell]

Usage examples of "pie crust".

Whenever she closed her eyes she saw Joffrey tearing at his collar, clawing at the soft skin of his throat, dying with flakes of pie crust on his lips and wine stains on his doublet.