Wensleydale

[ wenz-lee-deyl ]

/ ˈwɛnz liˌdeɪl /

a rich, medium-hard, white cheese with blue veins, somewhat strong in flavor.

Also called Wensleydale cheese.

Origin of Wensleydale

First recorded in 1880–85; after Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England, where it is made

Wensleydale tells me the true impetus to bolt was the merest trifle.

The Sea Lady |Herbert George Wells
It is a memorial of the sports and pastimes for which Wensleydale was famous.

A Month in Yorkshire |Walter White
At Bainbridge, the chief place of the forest of Wensleydale, Yorkshire, still lingers an old horn-blowing custom.

Old Church Lore |William Andrews
In Wensleydale the progress of the Ure is broken by several fine waterfalls, notably the cataracts at Aysgarth.

The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast |Various

I am in Wensleydale, climbing from the rocky river that leaps amid broad pastures up to the rolling moor.

The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft |George Gissing

wensleydale

/ (ˈwɛnzlɪˌdeɪl) /

a type of white cheese with a flaky texture

a breed of sheep with long woolly fleece

named after Wensleydale, North Yorkshire