Waybread definition

From Middle English weybrede, weibrede, from Old English weġbrǣde, weġbrāde (“waybread, plantain, dock”), equivalent to way +‎ bread (“broadness, breadth”). Cognate with Dutch weegbree (“waybread”), German Wegebreit (“waybread”), Danish vejbred (“waybread”), Swedish vägbreda (“waybread”).