noun

1. Scot., North Eng. a sausage made of intestine stuffed with meat, suet, etc. and boiled
2. a soft, mushy or creamy food, usually made with a base of flour, cornstarch, cornmeal, etc., and boiled or baked
3. a sweetened dessert, usually of similar consistency and usually steamed or baked, variously containing eggs, milk, fruit, etc.
4. Chiefly Brit.
   1. any dessert
   2. the dessert course of a meal

Etymology: ME puddyng, altered < ? OFr boudin, black pudding < VL *botellinus < LL botellus: see bowel