(Harl. 221) 429 Renlys, or rendlys [?a1475 Winch. rennelesse; renels], for mylke , coagulum.
?a1450 tr. Lanfranc (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 21 Ffor ryȝt as þe rendelys [a1400 Ashm. roundeles; L. coagulum] of chese haþ hym by weye of worchynge, & þe Mylk be weye off suffrynge, so to þe generacioun of embrion, Mannes sperme hath hym be weye of worchynge, & wommans sperme be weye of suffrynge, & ryȝt as þe rendles & þe mylk makyth a chese, so boþe þe spermes of man & womman makyþ þe generacioun of embrion.
1530 J. Palsgrave 262/1 Rendles for a chese, presure.
1530 J. Palsgrave 262/1 Renlesse to make cheese with, presure.
1546 T. Phaer (1553) T vj The ryndle mawe of a younge sucking kydde.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 486 As white as milke, and as good as rendles to giue the forme to cheese.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny II. 166 It will cruddle milke as wel as rennet or rindles.
1784 J. Twamley 10 Collecting the Curd at the bottom of the Tub or Pan, after the runnet or rendless has done its duty.
1848 A. B. Evans 74 The cheese tastes of the rindles.
1882 G. F. Jackson at Rindless The rindless obtained from a calf whose ‘nursing mother’ grazes the pasture common to the dairy stock.
1970 H. Orton & P. M. Tilling III. ii. 618 Q[uestion]. When you made cheese, what did you put into the milk? [Leicestershire] Rendles.