A
roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a
sort of pudding; often, a
cover of
paste inclosing an
apple or another fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an
apple dumpling.
Origin: Dimin. Of
dump an illshapen piece; cf. D. Dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. To
dump in to
plunge into, and E. Dump, v. T.
Source: Websters Vocabulary