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Wensleydale|ˈwɛnslɪdeɪl|
The name of a district of North Yorkshire, used attrib., and hence ellipt. as n., to designate a. A breed of long-woolled sheep originally raised there; b. A local variety of blue-mould cheese; also, a white cheese (see quot. 1963).
1881J. P. Sheldon Dairy Farming 250 Though the Wensleydale cheese are so small. 1893J. Wrightson Sheep 39 The Wensleydale is a large, high standing sheep, with a characteristic blue in the skin of the face and ears. 1896J. Benson & J. Long Cheese 105 The Stilton-shaped Wensleydales are..classed as British blue mould cheeses. 1963A. L. Simon Guide Good Food & Wines 648/2 The best-known variety of Wensleydale cheese, cylindrical in shape, like Stilton, but of smaller dimensions, which grows ‘blue’ when ripe, like Stilton... The other sort of Wensleydale cheese is a flat-shaped, white cheese which is eaten fresh and does not generally go blue. 1985D. Clark Performance iv. 105 Brawn and Wensleydale cheese sandwiches. |