n. [ OF. wastel, gastel, F. gâteau, LL. wastellus, fr. MHG. wastel a kind of bread; cf. OHG. & AS. wist food. ] A kind of white and fine bread or cake; -- called also
Roasted flesh or milk and wasted bread. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
The simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]