headcheese

[ hed-cheez ]
/ ˈhɛdˌtʃiz /

noun

a seasoned loaf made of the head meat, sometimes including the tongue or brains, of a calf or pig and molded in the natural aspic of the head.

Origin of headcheese

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; head + cheese1

Words nearby headcheese

headbanger, headboard, headbox, headcam, headcase, headcheese, headcloth, headdress, headed, header, header bond

Example sentences from the Web for headcheese

  • Headcheese is usually made from the hog's head but odds and ends also can be used not only from pork but from beef and veal.

    Every Step in Canning |Grace Viall Gray

  • There's headcheese besides but that's made of a pig's head and is only a cheese by discourtesy.

    The Complete Book of Cheese |Robert Carlton Brown

  • Take back that sack or we will sell you for headcheese before night!'

    The Comstock Club |Charles Carroll Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for headcheese

headcheese
/ (ˈhɛdˌtʃiːz) /

noun

US and Canadian a seasoned jellied loaf made from the head and sometimes the feet of a pig or calf Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): brawn