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‖ reinette|reɪˈnɛt|
Also 6 reinet, 8 reynette.
[F. reinette; the more usual form is rennet, q.v.]
A variety of apple, the rennet.
1583Rates of Customs A iij, Appuls called pippins or reinets the bushel xijd. 1706London & Wise Retir'd Gard. x. 43 The Frank Reynette is an old Apple, well known. Ibid. 44 Its Juice is very sweet, being more pleasant to the Taste than the Reynette. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. (1733) s.v. Apple, Apples..proper for a Desert,..Golden Reinette,..La Reinette grise. Ibid., Such Apples as are preferr'd for kitchen use,..French Reinette,.. Monstrous Reinette. 1824Loudon Encycl. Gard. (ed. 2) 691 Rennets, Reinettes or Little Queens. 1862Ansted Channel Isl. iv. xxi. (ed. 2) 488 The reinettes (or rennets) are a large group.
Hence † reinetting = renneting n. Obs. rare—1.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 191 Apples..Golden Doucet, Apis, Reineting [etc.]. |