cheeselep

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noun

The dried stomach of a calf, used for curdling milk for cheese.

OriginMiddle English cheslip ← Old English cȳslybb ← Proto-West Germanic *kāsijalubi →
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Meanings

nouncheeselep (plural cheeseleps)

plural cheeseleps · alternative cheeselip · alternative cheeselop · alternative cheeslib · alternative chislock · alternative choslip · alternative keeslip

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

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*kāsijalubi
  2. Old Englishcȳslybb
  3. Middle Englishcheslip“rennet”
  4. Englishcheeselep

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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cheeselep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeselep

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“cheeselep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeselep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheeselep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeselep.

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