Cheesecloth

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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