Wensleydale
[ wenz-lee-deyl ]
noun
a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.
Origin of Wensleydale
1First recorded in 1880–85; after Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England, where it is made
- Also called Wensleydale cheese .
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How to use Wensleydale in a sentence
But what the public are clamouring to know is the price of Wensleydale cheese in Ilfracombe.
British Dictionary definitions for wensleydale
wensleydale
/ (ˈwɛnzlɪˌdeɪl) /
noun
a type of white cheese with a flaky texture
a breed of sheep with long woolly fleece
Origin of wensleydale
1named after Wensleydale, North Yorkshire
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