| 单词 | butter cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutter cloth butter cloth n. a thin, loosely woven cloth with a fine mesh used for various purposes, esp. to wrap butter and to strain the whey from the curd during cheese-making; (also) a piece of such cloth; cf. cheesecloth n. at cheese n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > fine, light, or delicate > muslin > for wrapping butter butter cloth1540 butter muslin1884 1540 Inventory in Lisle Lett. (1981) VI. 209 Item iij Chese clothys & iij buttor clothes. 1658 Archimagirus Anglo-gallicus 69 Boile a pottle of milk and a quart of creame together, and when it is cold, set it to come with Runnet, when it is come, whey it in a butter cloth very well, then breake it small with some good cream. 1885 O. Wilde Lett. (1962) 172 My wife has a huge bill against you—for your meat-safe and the buttercloth. 1910 H. B. Wilkinson Old Hanging Ditch x. 88 Shipments of salt Cork butter packed in butter-cloth and surrounded by salt and pickle, were made to the Antipodes. 1999 B. Ciletti Making Great Cheese at Home 46 Pour the curds into a colander lined with cheesecloth or buttercloth. < as lemmas |
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