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

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