It's used for piecrusts. (6)

I believe the answer is:

pastry

(Other definitions for pastry that I've seen before include "Pie base" , "Dough made for pies, etc." , "Dough used in pie-cases" , "What makes crust" , "Eg, pie crust" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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