caciocavallo
Meanings
noun
- An Italian cheese, similar to provolone, originally from Sicily and the South.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian caciocavallo, from cacio (“cheese”) + a cavallo (“on horseback”), from Sicilian casucavaḍḍu, from the custom of draping two cheeses over a pole to dry. Doublet of kashkaval.
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