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# garibaldi

«garibaldi» in Mova's school dictionary: **A flat rectangular biscuit with a layer of squashed…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a garibaldi, garibaldis); proper noun (Garibaldi – a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK) A flat rectangular biscuit with a layer of squashed currants inside, sometimes called a «squashed fly biscuit». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#m1)

2) (a name) Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807–1882), an Italian general who fought to unite Italy; he was a hero in Victorian Britain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#m2)

3) A red blouse like the red shirts worn by his soldiers (old fashion). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows, the Rat looks at Mole's little home with its plaster statues of «Garibaldi, and the infant Samuel, and Queen Victoria» – popular ornaments in Victorian and Edwardian homes. In history lessons, Garibaldi and his «Redshirts» helped make Italy one country. The biscuit was named after him.

### examples

- Can I have a garibaldi with my tea? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#x1)
- Children call garibaldis «squashed fly biscuits». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#x2)
- Mole's home had a statue of Garibaldi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#x3)
- Garibaldi led his Redshirts to unite Italy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#x4)
- The garibaldi biscuit is full of currants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#x5)
- Many British streets and pubs are named after Garibaldi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/#x6)

### note

The biscuit is usually written lower case; the man's name has a capital G. Garibaldi is a real person – nothing invented about him here.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «garibaldi» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garibaldi/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.