caciocavallo
noun
ca·cio·ca·val·lo
¦kächōkəˈvä(ˌ)lō
variants or caciocavallo cheese
plural -s
: a cheese originating in southern Italy and made from matted curd worked in hot water or whey and often molded into the shape of an Indian club or tenpin
Word History
Etymology
Italian caciocavallo, literally, horse cheese, from cacio cheese (from Latin caseus) + cavallo horse, from Latin caballus nag
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above