Variant or related form of 'appleringie'; having a ring or rings, particularly applied to sliced apples or circular apple patterns.
From 'apple' plus 'ring' with the suffix '-y' (common English adjective formation), essentially a variant of 'appleringie' with different regional or dialectal spelling.
The existence of both 'appleringie' and 'appleringy' shows how regional dialects created tiny variations in English—essentially the same word expressed Scottish preference (ie) versus general English (y)!
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