cheesecloth

2 definitions found

cheesecloth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  cheesecloth \cheese"cloth`\, Cheese cloth \Cheese"
  cloth`\(ch[=e]z" kl[o^]th`; 115).
     A thin, loosely-woven cotton cloth of a gauze texture, such
     as is used in pressing cheese curds.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

cheesecloth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cheesecloth
      n 1: a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to
           wrap cheeses