English Explanatory Dictionary

cheeselep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The dried stomach of a calf, used for curdling milk for cheese.
  2. Rennet.
  3. A bag in which rennet is kept.

Word forms

cheeselep cheeseleps cheeselip cheeselop cheeslib chislock choslip keeslip

Etymology

From Middle English cheslip (“rennet”), from Old English cȳslybb, cīeslybb (“rennet”), from Proto-West Germanic *kāsijalubi (literally “cheese medicine, cheese potion”). Equivalent to cheese + lib.

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