Sentence:  Philander went into the next room...and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry <WSD>bread</WSD> and some hardtack. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.