"mould cocklebread" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: moulds cocklebread [present, singular, third-person], moulding cocklebread [participle, present], moulded cocklebread [participle, past], moulded cocklebread [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=mould cocklebread}} mould cocklebread (third-person singular simple present moulds cocklebread, present participle moulding cocklebread, simple past and past participle moulded cocklebread)
  1. (obsolete) To lift one's skirts, bend over, and knead the buttocks as if kneading bread. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mould_cocklebread-en-verb-HHtCgms8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1641, Richard Brome,, A Jovial Crew, page 122:",
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          "ref": "1993, Judy Grahn, Blood, Bread, and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World:",
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