sugar-loaf

noun4

1. •
   (historical) A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was traditionally exported from the Caribbean and Brazil from the 17th century to the 19th century.
2. •
   Ellipsis of sugar-loaf chicory, a certain cultivar.
3. •
   Ellipsis of sugar-loaf cabbage, a certain cultivar.
4. •
   (no longer used) A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf.

   • why, do not I know you, grannam? and that sugar-loaf? — 1607