Tamale n 1: a city in northern Ghana 2: corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
Tamale \Ta*ma"le\, n. [Written also {tamal}, {tomale}.] [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.] A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]