Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin.] A kind of fruit pie.
1508–13. W. de Worde, Bk. Keruynge, in Babees Bk. (1868), 270. Fruyter vaunte, with a subtylte, two potages, blaunche manger, and gelly.
1594. Gd. Huswifes Handmaid Kitchin, 38 b. To make a Vaunt. Take marrow of Beere [etc.]. Ibid., 39. Cut it in faire slices,… as long as your Vaunt is.
