† cheeselingn.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cheese n.1, -ling suffix1.
Etymology: < cheese n.1 + -ling suffix1.
Obsolete.
rare.
1782 W. Marshall Minutes in (1787) II. 224 Supposing the cheeseling to be made in the morning, it now remains in the press, untouched, until the evening.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2021).