The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stirabout \Stir"a*bout`\, n. A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Ireland English) porridge 2 (context Ireland English) A commotion.
Usage examples of "stirabout".
Bazil finished the stirabout and then stretched out with a happy groan.
A boil-up had produced some cauldrons of stirabout, and dragonboys had brought out emergency supplies of concentrated akh.
By morning there might be more than just a boil-up of stirabout to look forward to.
They were full of stirabout and akh, which was good, but they were feeling the damp after daylong rain that was bad.
The lapelless jacket and tapering trousers were of a kind of healthy stirabout colour.
I am dressed, have folded the blankets, and swept the floor, and then she puts some milk and bread or stirabout on a box by the door.
Eilsa, find the cooks and order them to work up some stirabout for these dragons.
I crammed my mouth with stirabout for fear I might give utterance to my anger.
She burned the stirabout in its iron pot and the cabin reeked of scorched oatmeal.
My mind has been toying with thoughts of coffee, stirabout, white pudding, bacon, toast, marmalade and more coffee, for some considerable time.
There was a great deal of barley and corn stirabout, to which they had added a concoction of onions, garlic, and wine.
Bazil had been demolishing huge bowls of stirabout laced with onion sauce.
My mind has been toying with thoughts of coffee, stirabout, white pudding, bacon, toast, marmalade and more coffee, for some considerable time.